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The ground zero mosque, called Park 51, has applied for a $5 million grant of federal funds from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. The Corporation, set up to rebuild lower Manhattan after 9-11 is actively considering the grant request. Imagine! A federal entity set up to rebuild lower Manhattan giving tax money to a mosque designed to celebrate the attacks that killed 3,000 Americans!
The ground zero mosque will offer courses in Shariah Law and will doubtless spawn hundreds of new terrorists eager to pick up where the 9-11 hijackers left off.
Officially, the federal funds would not go to religious activities, but to “fund social service programs for all the residents of Lower Manhattan such as domestic violence prevention, Arabic and other foreign language classes, programs and services for homeless veterans, two multi-cultural art exhibits and immigration services,” according to its grant application.
What ever happened to separation of church & state?
Your head would freaking explode if Federal funds were being used to build a Catholic church. STFU
In January 2001, President Bush created, via Executive Order, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Since then, Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives were established at five federal agencies, assistance and guidebooks were provided to religious groups to help them to apply for federal funds, and websites were created for speedy access to applications.
DERP DERP PFFFTTHTUYTHT DERP
Billion dollars+ goes from the gov to religion per year.
speaking of ignorant bliss....aren't you going to chastise Lickwid for the constant use of "retard"?...didn't you have to check with your wife a while back who "works with the handicapped" to see if she and the handicapped community took offense when I baited you with "terd" and you couldn't wait to jump ugly?.....I guess with racism, offensive language, name calling and such...it's just fine as long as you are on the "right" side of the argument...I think there's a word for that but we'll just call it selective hearing
speaking of ignorant bliss....aren't you going to chastise Lickwid for the constant use of "retard"?...didn't you have to check with your wife a while back who "works with the handicapped" to see if she and the handicapped community took offense when I baited you with "terd" and you couldn't wait to jump ugly?.....I guess with racism, offensive language, name calling and such...it's just fine as long as you are on the "right" side of the argument...I think there's a word for that but we'll just call it selective hearing
For instance...It's alright to trash Christians but don't you dare say anything bad about Islam.
speaking of ignorant bliss....aren't you going to chastise Lickwid for the constant use of "retard"?...didn't you have to check with your wife a while back who "works with the handicapped" to see if she and the handicapped community took offense when I baited you with "terd" and you couldn't wait to jump ugly?.....I guess with racism, offensive language, name calling and such...it's just fine as long as you are on the "right" side of the argument...I think there's a word for that but we'll just call it selective hearing
I didn't even read his entire post...don't have time like that very often any more.
Lik, don't call people tards. It makes you sound like ScottW and is very unappealing.
Additionally, in regard to all of these comments about federal funding and religion...don't we already give tax exempt status to churches?
I didn't even read his entire post...don't have time like that very often any more. selective comprehension too
Lik, don't call people tards. It makes you sound like ScottW and is very unappealing. please...noone rolls out the insults quicker than you do ya phony prick
Additionally, in regard to all of these comments about federal funding and religion...don't we already give tax exempt status to churches?
-spence
what does tax exempt status have to do with seeking federal funding and whether or not it should be used for the construction of a mosque at ground zero?
wait....think like a liberal.....churches recieve tax exempt status sooooo...thaaaat is money that the government is not getting which is actually a budget cut for the government so the churches are actually...through their tax exempt status ...getting money from the government?????
what does tax exempt status have to do with seeking federal funding and whether or not it should be used for the construction of a mosque at ground zero?
wait....think like a liberal.....churches recieve tax exempt status sooooo...thaaaat is money that the government is not getting which is actually a budget cut for the government so the churches are actually...through their tax exempt status ...getting money from the government?????
We're running a deficit, all tax cuts must be funded somehow.
It also said Applied, right?
As in, not awarded, right?
I can apply for a grant to study rectal-cranium inversion of internet forum contribuitors, but it doesn't mean I will get the money....
Bryan
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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
Perhaps you should watch this. I'd note there was a very similar interview with both these women and Laura Ingraham on FOXNews...it's the interview that started the entire controversy, where Ingraham actually supports the mosque...but as I was trying to find it astonishingly every reference to the video has been cut off due to copyright violations?
I can get a lot of other FOX videos on Youtube...weird huh?
For those to lazy to click play (Buckman) I'd note the video shows a Muslim and Jew sitting side by side, talking about the Islamic community center they both helped plan.
And Justplugit, I thought you were going to stop talking about this story???
-spence
spence
You guys do understand the center was planned with help from the New York Jewish Community Center don't you?
Maybe you should do a little more research.
that might be the least journalistically biased interview I've ever witnessed....
This is not ‘NY JCC’, this is Joy Levitt, Executive Drector of the Jewish Community Center of the Upper West Side of Manhattan. JCCs are secular organizations, and Ms. Levitt is only incidentally a (fake) ‘rabbi’.
good to get advice on strollers and things....maybe LGBT issues as well..
And really? Fake Rabbi? Would you like to share with the group what a "fake rabbi" is? Is her gefilte fish not kosher? Are you butthurt spence was right?
Maybe Jim in CT isn't paying attention to you? Must be time for your burping.
And really? Fake Rabbi? Would you like to share with the group what a "fake rabbi" is? Is her gefilte fish not kosher? Are you butthurt spence was right?
Maybe Jim in CT isn't paying attention to you? Must be time for your burping.
There was already a mosque 4 blocks up from WTC pre-9/11 (closed recently due to the new one in planning)
Goddamn reality getting in the way of misinformed outrage!
they are open for business...
this is the disclaimer on their website
Masjid Manhattan
DISCLAIMER:
Please be advised that we are not affiliated with any other organization trying to build a place of worship in the area of downtown Manhattan.
Perhaps you should watch this. I'd note there was a very similar interview with both these women and Laura Ingraham on FOXNews...it's the interview that started the entire controversy, where Ingraham actually supports the mosque...but as I was trying to find it astonishingly every reference to the video has been cut off due to copyright violations?
I can get a lot of other FOX videos on Youtube...weird huh?
For those to lazy to click play (Buckman) I'd note the video shows a Muslim and Jew sitting side by side, talking about the Islamic community center they both helped plan.
And Justplugit, I thought you were going to stop talking about this story???
-spence
Do you and Lewdwid believe everything you read, see and listen to on youtube? Could be imposters.
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