Obama stands up for Ground Zero mosque. . . .

President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed a controversial plan to build a mosque and Islamic center just blocks from Ground Zero in Manhattan, despite the strong objections of conservatives, civic groups and those who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks.

“Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground,” according to prepared remarks Obama was to deliver at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. “But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.”

“This is America,” Obama said. . . . .

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‎"Pelosi doesn't care who's paying for the mosque. She cares who's funding the opposition. This is soft tyranny." ~ Rush Limbaugh

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Nancy Pelosi wants to investigate the opposition to the mosque near GZ. . . .Bring it on. . . .I'm willing an able to tell you what I think. . . .I will never forget the horrors of 9/11 when Americans were forced to jump to their deaths to avoid being burned alive and all the firefighters and Police that lost their lives that day at the hands of the muslim extremist. . . .As they were crashing the planes they were hollering allah akbar and now you will be hearing these blasphemous words shouted again from this so called "cultural center and mosque. . . .

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