image By Sarah Palin

Yesterday*, Mayor Bloomberg responded to my comments about the planned mosque at Ground Zero by suggesting that a decision not to allow the building of a mosque at that sacred place would somehow violate American principles of tolerance and openness.

No one is disputing that America stands for – and should stand for – religious tolerance. It is a foundation of our republic. This is not an issue of religious tolerance but of common moral sense. To build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks. Just days after 9/11, the spiritual leader of the organization that wants to build the mosque, Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, suggested that blame be placed on the innocents when he stated that the ā€œUnited States’ policies were an accessory to the crime that happenedā€ and that ā€œin the most direct sense, Osama bin Laden is made in the USA.ā€ Rauf refuses to recognize that Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of our ally, Israel, and refuses to provide information about the sources of funding for the $100 million mosque. Rauf also plays a key role in a group behind the flotilla designed to provoke Israel in its justifiable blockade of Gaza. These are just a few of the points Americans are realizing as New York considers the proposed mosque just a stone’s throw away from 9/11’s sacred ground.

I agree with the sister of one of the 9/11 victims (and a New York resident) who said: ā€œThis is a place which is 600 feet from where almost 3,000 people were torn to pieces by Islamic extremists. I think that it is incredibly insensitive and audacious really for them to build a mosque, not only on that site, but to do it specifically so that they could be in proximity to where that atrocity happened.ā€

Many Americans, myself included, feel it would be an intolerable and tragic mistake to allow such a project sponsored by such an individual to go forward on such hallowed ground. This is nothing close to ā€œreligious intolerance,ā€ it’s just common decency.

*Originally said ā€œEarlier todayā€ this was sent via email late last night.

You May Also Like

Reynolds Defeats Hubbell, GOP Keeps Majority in Iowa Legislature

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds narrowly defeats Fred Hubbell, Iowa House Republicans retain their majority, and Iowa Senate Republicans expands theirs.

Old, Stale News Drudged Up Against Governor Mike Huckabee

Buzzfeed is recycling a 13-year old story about a lawsuit Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) threatened to file against the one-time owner of MikeHuckabee.com.

Ron Paul Rally – Florence, SC

Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) visited Florence, SC for a rally the day before the South Carolina Primary

Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina Jump Into 2016 Race (Video)

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina declared their candidacies for President of the United States.