The Muslims in the mountainous area of Pakistan have been trying to do just that. Unfortunately many have lost their lives doing so.

The whole thing is ridiculous. We have bigger issues than this that our government needs to be addressing.

Teal, you are absolutely correct. However, the far right is exerting a lot of pressure. I believe we should not back down because we cannot afford to let the far right send a message to the rest of the extreme Muslims here and in other countries that they are now in control of our government. Mayor Bloomberg is firmly convinced and I am also that to do so would be to guarantee another terrorist attack on American soil. America is at its best when it is tolerant, which is the message that MUST come out of this to the Middle East.

That makes two of us, Fredo. They are not going to get upset with Palin and Beck. They are their heroes.

With these extremists, if it isn't this, it will be something else. They are determined to hang Obama out to dry, no matter what he does.

I agree and to remember that we are not fighting Islam; we are fighting Al-Queda, a fanatical sect of Islam.

The real reason the far right opposes Cordoba House is NOT because it's too close to Ground Zero. Read this letter that appeared on Tea Party.org in which they plainly state that they believe Muslims are trying to take over the United States and that thousands if not millions of them want to behead all Americans. They want all Muslims expelled from America. They also do not believe that they are entitled to the same religious freedoms as Jews and Christians.

According to blogger Ahmed Rehab, who posted this on the Huffington Post,"It quotes select passages from of the Quran out of context, a game that can just as easily be played with the Torah or the Bible."

Re: Tea Party - Truth Behind 911 Mosque

From: teaparty@teaparty.org

On: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:46 PM

The American people find articulating their concern over the proposed Mosque near the sight of the 911 attacks problematic. On one hand, many view the First Amendment a shield of protection for religious freedom, on the other hand, some view the First Amendment as providing a haven for religions with a hostile political agenda wrapped in cleric's robes.

Is it any wonder that there is so much confusion on this matter? Most Citizens of the United States have never experienced the driving and all consuming force of a Theocratic government with its crushing Theo-political tenet.

The American religious experience is the usual Sunday morning 'hymn singing'; passing the offering plate, an off tempo choir and the occasional neighborhood revival. The 'Church supper and bake sale mentality' gives way to a much colder and more formidable view of religious practices, which are not only unfamiliar, but also antithetical to the 'Sunday Go To Meeting' crowd.

The United States Judaic/Christian roots are being 'God Shocked' by the concept that a religion can and does demand world domination by any means, including violence if necessary.

The Koran states: Sura 61:9 He it is Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islamic monotheism) to make it victorious over all (other) religions even though the Mushrikun (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and His Messenger Muhammad) hate (it). (Hilali and Khan, The Noble Qur'an, Riyadh: Darussalam, 1996)

Allah's Messenger said: "By Him (Allah) in Whose Hand my soul is, surely the son of Mary [Isa (Jesus)] will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims), and will judge mankind justly by the Law of the Quran (as a just ruler) and will break the Cross and kill pigs and abolish the Jizyah [a tax] ...." (Bukhari 3:2222) .

The growing confusion among Ministers and their Congregations over the nature of legitimate Islamic worship and the practice of Taqiyya[1] is causing serious questions regarding the constitutionally protected practice of religion, if that religion is detrimental to the welfare and domestic tranquility of the very nation whose constitution protects it.

The emerging question is: Should the first amendment protect the practice of a religion which has a hostile political agenda wrapped in cleric's robes? Should the U.S. Constitution protect a religion whose focus is converting the United States from a Democratic Republic into a Theocracy lead by religious cleric's who are antithetical to what made this nation great and what keeps it great? Is this the change America should have or needs?

How can the Citizenry demarcate a concept which holds the well established fact that millions of the Islamic faith have called for a Holy Jihad and thereby demand the complete annihilation of the west? Yet, this same Citizenry is expected to open their arms to that very same religion, welcoming them as friends, protecting them with the same Constitutional protection Synagogues and Churches have enjoyed for over 234 years.

To make matters worse, this same Citizenry is expected to grant permission to build a Mosque on American hallowed ground, thereby, offering sanctuary and worship for the same religion which was instrumental in the 911 attacks.

Will it become necessary for the courts to hand down a litmus test for religion? If a religion passes the litmus test, then and only then that religion is welcome and protected?

However, if the religion in question fails the litmus test... will that be reason enough to expel the failed theological expression from our shores?

Should 'We The People" give haven to religions whose main purpose it to install a system of Theo-political colonization? Shall the American people welcome with open arms a religion having untold millions of members demanding the beheading of western infidels? Shall the People of America grant safe haven to those who cheerfully work for the day Israel, the United States and all other non-Islamic states are finally eradicated off the face of the earth?

These bothersome questions are not ones of religious rights, but rather of the will of the people. Will the people tolerate everything?

Will 'blanket tolerance' be the downfall of the Judaic/Christian basis of the American society?

Is there nothing which will compel We The People to stand up and say: "It stops here and no further," shall this be America's crucifixion?

Or, shall the American people create a feathered bed for all those who plan our demise, who work diligently for our destruction and for those who will celebrate the day America will be no more.

Stephen Eichler J.D.

America's Legal Analyst

[1] The practice of precautionary dissimulation whereby believers may conceal their faith when under threat, persecution or compulsion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyya

I don't think that is going to happen because this building is already there, and the Imam has already purchased it. It is not even within sight of Ground Zero from what I understand. It is two blocks away.

Now, do you really think Beck and Palin and their cohorts give a flip about MLK or any other minority?