So...in the wake of rising Anti-Islamic sentiment all across the United States..(Which is a shame)...The Imam plans to go ahead and build an Islamic center near ground zero anyway...(This is also a shame). But is it legal? I say yes, but that doesn't mean a legal argument can't be made against it.
In 2008 a Tennessee federal appeals court upheld a prohibition on displaying the Confederate flag in a high school that had experienced racial tensions. The ruling stated "The facts in this case ... indicate that school officials could reasonably forecast that permitting students to wear clothing depicting the Confederate flag would cause disruptions to the school environment''. It doesn't say the flag was illegal or it was unconstitutional to wear it...but they banned it anyway. Why? Because it was for the common good. To stop bad things from happening. o.k. people, this was a school...what about an entire city? New York City?
Clearly punishing all "Muslims" or "Islam" for 9/11 is as crazy as personally punishing all white people for African American slavery. Just because I share the same race of those who committed those atrocity's, doesn't mean I should be punished right? No, but it does mean that I MUST walk a line of political correctness. and sensitivity for those who were wronged. And as cited above, in some cases this can and is legislated.
Look, I'll be the first one to say they've got a legal right to build it. But I think there's legal, and common-sense grounds to oppose it. The Imam should take the high road and move it...or scrap it. Why won't he?
All the controversy over this Mosque, in the wake of the fast approaching 10-year anniversary of 9/11...means quit frankly that many people WILL NEVER FORGET, and some have already forgotten...their common sense and respect.
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