If the local community board decided that it would not rezone the building or allow for the destruction and construction of a new building for the mosque that is the community board's right and duty. Many houses of worship here in NYC have changed hands over time one famous one is Bialystoker Synagogue which at one time was a Methodist Church. Many smaller churches have take over normal buildings and repurpose them as houses of worship to support the community.
This isn't about the people protesting it is about the local government being allowed to govern and control the space that it needs to without the interjections and objections of outside politicians and their pressure.
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Originally Posted by Martian
A law that banned all houses of worship regardless of faith or denomination would be comparable with a gun ban. Trying to block muslim houses of worship specifically is not comparable.
Calling the people who carried out the attacks of 9 years ago muslims would be like calling Timothy McVeigh an American patriot, and refusing to allow a mosque to be built because of them is ugly and shameful. Obama is correct in supporting the right of all people to religious freedom, and given the absurd scale this has achieved I don't think he was out of line to speak in his official capacity either. The head of state is supporting a fundamental right upon which your country was founded. How is this wrong?
This ceased to be a local issue the minute it made international headlines.
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This isn't a ban. It is a process for allowing and enforcing zoning laws.
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