There is an excellent article in Slate regarding the mosque near the site of the twin towers. As all of you know I am not religious. I think all of them are deeply silly, but I am fierce in my defense of our Constitution and what I think, hope, are American values.
Here is a money quote from the article.
“The latest plot against America, we’re told, is smoldering in the ashes of 9/11. A Muslim organization wants to build a “community center,” including a mosque, two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Republicans and leaders of other faiths are rallying against the mosque, calling it a threat to American values. But the threat to our values isn’t coming from the mosque. It’s coming from those who want to stop it.”
And another one —
“5. It renounces pluralism. Again, don’t take my word for it. Read
