08-24-2010, 10:00 AM
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warrior bodhisattva
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Location: East-central Canada
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Here is a microcosm of its divisiveness:
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Ron Paul and Son Rand Split Over Ground Zero Mosque
Tue Aug 24 12:17:32 2010 by Angela Kaye Mason
cmuray Aug 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There are problems in the house of Paul, as father and son are at odds over the very controversial issue of a proposed mosque being built at Ground Zero, where over two thousand Americans were brutally killed when radical Islamists smashed airplanes into the Twin Towers in the World Trade Center. Republican Representative Ron Paul has split with his own son over the issue, with the elder in favor, and the son opposed.
Many Americans oppose the proposed religious mosque being built in that particular area, since the ashes of the dead victims are still in the ground there. But those in favor say that it is an American right that a religious building can be placed anywhere it’s owners choose.
In a statement which was released by Ron Paul on Friday, he ripped into the opponents of the mosque, and said, “This is all about hate and Islamaphobia. We now have an epidemic of “sunshine patriots” on both the right and the left who are all for freedom, as long as there’s no controversy and nobody is offended. Political demagoguery rules when truth and liberty are ignored.”
But those statements were, essentially, critism of Paul’s own son, since the Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul told ‘TPMDC’ that he is not in favor of the mosque. His spokesman, Gary Howard stated, “While this is a local matter that should be decided by the people of New York, Dr. Paul does not support a mosque being built two blocks from Ground Zero. In Dr. Paul’s opinion, the Muslim community would better serve the healing process by making a donation to the memorial fund for the victims of September 11th.”
When asked what he felt about his own son’s opposition of the mosque, Ron Paul simply said, “Rand Paul is his own man.”
“And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Matthew 10:36
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Ron Paul and Son Rand Split Over Ground Zero Mosque
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