Lee’s Summit, August 20, 2010 – The mosque at ground zero is not protected under the first amendment to the constitution.
Text of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
It is very clear that the Federal Government is restricted from the establishment of a Federal Religion, or the passing of any laws prohibiting the exercise of any religion.
Proponents of the mosque in New York Cities World Trade Center area known as ground zero do not have any legal standing based on First Amendment rights. There is no law that prohibits the religion of Islam in New York City, nor is there one in New York State, and it is clearly obvious that there is not law prohibiting the practice of any religion.
The key issue here is that of doing the right thing for the right reasons. This is simply a zoning issue for New York City and it should have remained that way. I personally think it is a bad idea, it is the wrong thing to do and it has the wrong reasons behind it. The families of the innocent people who lost their life on September 11, 2001 have a right to express their dislike for this project.
Why is this something that I’m writing about here in Lee’s Summit? The reason is that President Obama has injected the Federal Government into a zoning law issue that he truly had no business commenting on. He has made this a national issue that even many Democrats and hard core liberals are running away from. Harry Reid is against the Mosque. Howard Dean is against the Mosque. Others as well have expressed their dislike for the idea. All, of course, except Nancy Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi has decided that there must be a villain in this story, and she’s calling for an investigation of those who are against the Mosque, and their financing. That is tantamount to a threat and aimed explicitly to intimidate people who are exercising their right to voice their opinion.
Nancy Pelosi is threatening to abridge the right to freedom of speech, not by law but by intimidation. Is this what the Democratic party wants? I don’t think so as evidenced by the leadership of the party moving away from her.
There is an old saying in countries where there are dictatorships. The whisper it of course, but it says “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” is that what we want from our elected officials?
It is time to send Representative Nancy Pelosi a message: “Madam Speaker, you represent the people, not persecute them.”
Respectfully Submitted,
The Lee’s Summit Conservative
August 21, 2010 at 12:23 am
IMAM BLOOMBERG'S SHARIA MOSQUE !
Mayor "Napoleon" Bloomberg and his backstabbing cronies (including Obama and Pelosi) must have a $tupendou$ rea$on for wanting a sharia-hugging mosque near Ground Zero – a mosque threatening the collapse of the Islamophile Democrats come November!
God-haters and America-haters may not realize how high the collective temperature has now risen in the hearts of true American patriots – many of whom are now willing to die for America right here in America if they get pushed completely over the line by traitors!
Since the nation's headquarters for treason is the White House, readers can enjoy related material if they Google "Obama Avoids Bible Verses" and "Obama Supports Public Depravity." (This police-protected kinkiness, observable by children, occurs in "Madam" Nancy Pelosi's brothel district; Google "Zombietime" and see "Up Your Alley Fair"!)
Also Google "Sandra Bernhard, Larry David, Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher, Sarah Silverman" in addition to Googling "Obama…destined to become a black-slavery avenger."
And by all means visit Googleland and type in "Government-Approved Illegals" and "Un-Americans Fight Franklin Graham."
I hope Mayor Bloomberg, dressed as Napoleon, will thoroughly enjoy his mosquerade party!
PS – Since Jane Fonda still loves leftist causes, here's a one-liner I penned during the Vietnam War era that the big Kansas City paper ran: "I'm not Fonda Jane; her Laosy remarks Hanoi me!"
By a Kansas Patriot
(who won FIRST PLACE over 2200 entrants in a nationwide Americanism Essay Contest !)
[Saw above web bit! – Rachel]
August 31, 2010 at 8:04 pm
@Kansas City Patriot, I didn't understand your post.
@Lee's Summit Conservative, You say no to the Mosque? I could honestly see a new amendment coming out of this one.
I have no objection to it. Yet. For one, there is already a mosque closer, that was there before the twin towers. For two, even if we suspect bad intentions, suspicion never holds in a court of law. I say, let them build the mosque, if they do anything bad after that, don't hesitate to shut it down. But give them the fair chance they deserve in THIS country. I heard someone say "Well, in Saudi Arabia, they can't build churches." Well this isn't Saudi Arabia! We are a FREE country, keep it that way.