Don't think I responded to this yet.
The mosque in NYC is not a freedom of religion issue. It is a "freedom" of construction issue. That is not covered in any clause of the Constitution. In fact it is not a Federal matter at all.

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I find it interesting that this exact phraseology exists for this thread on 5 other boards, both vanilla and kinky. It showed up over the weekend. I think we're all being victimized by pro-islamist spin and talking points. I think a talking point went out and posters hired to start these threads to influence public opinion.

Although I do not agree with the mosque being built so close, or their desires to celebrate it's opening on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the first amendment clearly states they have the freedom of religion too. I find the structure of this 'community center' to be a slap in the face of the memory of those Americans who died that day, but they have the right to do this. We live in a free nation.

All of islam is not to blame for this rather lousy situation. Just a radicalized portion and those who support wahabbism. That is the real threat, not islam at large.