Here is a letter to the editor of the Staten Island Advance, published on September 2, 2010. I have not edited it:
"Some Muslims use our freedom of religion to take unfair advantage"
Freedom of religion is overrated!
It does not include the right to bomb the World Trade Center and then build a mosque on the site to commemorate the event. The mosque will be seen by Muslims as a memorial to their "martyrs", who died in their attack. After building the mosque, the Muslims will demand, claiming freedom of religion, that safe conduct be given to Osama bin Laden to come to New York to officiate at the opening of the mosque
New Dorp
Sigh.....where do I start? First of all, isn't this guy's "freedom of religion is overrated" proclamation a slap in the face to our American tradition and constitutional protection of freedom of religion? Americans have fought and died to protect that freedom. Now, we know there are governments around the world that would agree with this guy - mostly fundamentalist Muslim governments in the Middle East. Enemies of America aren't laughing because we're building a mosque near ground zero. They're laughing because there is a chance the mosque won't get built, thereby giving them victory. Every time we decide against our established principles (such as religious freedom), we become a little more like the enemy. This issue shouldn't even be controversial. But, we are a nation of crybabies who can't have our feeling hurt.
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