Mosque at Ground Zero
I lost a dear friend on 9/11 when the terrorists took down the WTC so I really had to think about this controversy. It’s annoying to see politicians using the mosque as a platform to gain votes.
I try to imagine how the situation might be if it was a group of Christian extremists who killed 3000 people and then wanted to build a Christian church near the area where many died. I don’t think we would be having this discussion. Muslims are just a scapegoat for Americans now.
I teach students who practice the Muslim faith and this isn’t what I want for them. I want them to know that our country was built on solid ideas to protect freedom and be fair to people. And everyone does have to learn that life isn’t fair, but that that law will protect their rights. We have a Constitution for situations that arise like this.
And my friend who passed on 9/11 would never want people to be arguing over such a trivial topic either. He loved talking with people and learning about them.
Hugs,
marlene
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August 18th, 2010 at 5:58 am
God rest his soul.
You are right he wouldn’t have wanted people to argue over a building.
He would have raised his pint of Guinness and drank to God (the Sunday night special).