"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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"Cojoes" wrote:

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The constitution, which contains freedom of religion, is NOT just a
local
issue. Try again, this time go by facts of what was said.
I did. The main ways they are trying to stop the Mosque are not
freedom of religion issues. They are trying to stop it using local
zoning and other methods. It is whether or not the building should be a
historically preserved building and, now that the building commissioners
say it ain't, whether they followed their own procedures. They don't
want them in, but they are using the local bureaucracy in a time-honored
manner that has been implemented to keep out strip joints, subsidized
housing or other kinds of NIMBY things for years.

Trashing the constitution, because you don't like a certain religion, is
Un-American.
But using the constitution, the part about equal protection, isn't.

Your answer had nothing to do with Obama's comments about freedom of
religion. It appears you're attempting to skirt the issue, instead of
addressing your response of

"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message " The point was
if he was gonna stick his nose into this local issue, why shouldn't he
also stick his into the other one? If he is going to bring the weight of
the office to bear on this building issue, why not another? "

The POTUS better defend the constitution, no matter how many feelings are
hurt. If he doesn't, it's time for him to go.