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July 24, 2010 No matter what I write here someone will disagree with me. I tend not to be politically correct in the first place, so this will certainly annoy some who read this. I don't hate all Muslims. I don't hate all of any religious group. I try not to generalize about race or religion or gender but this proposal is an absolute affront to my sensibilities and my sense of justice. This is the link to what is sparking such an emotional debate as of late: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/07/new.york.ground.zero.mosque/index.html 9/11 was a day in our history that will never be forgotten and will be discussed for years to come. Those of us who were witness to that attack on The United States of America will never forget where we were and how we felt seeing those buildings collapse and watching our fellow citizens die before our eyes. To me, it ranks higher on the horror scale than Pearl Harbor. The idea of our President running around apologizing to Muslims for American actions and building a Mosque near where we were attacked by a group of Muslims who hate us is appalling. Yes, they were a fringe group and it's true that most Muslims are peace loving people; but, what happened on that day is forever etched in our consciousness and I will always associate it with Muslims who are hateful and war mongering. The idea of building any religious edifice near that spot where so many lost their lives and even more had there lives altered forever is disgusting and wrong. The memories of that day have not faded for many of us and to see a Mosque near that spot where tourists and family members come to pay their respects would be beyond disrespectful in my opinion. This is a big country and there are plenty of spaces for a religious building. There are places for Mosques and Temples and Churches that do not stir up controversy and which do not remind us of a group of people who would like to see our country and our way of life destroyed. How anyone could argue on the side of allowing this building to go anywhere near Ground Zero are out of their minds as far as I am concerned. Ground Zero is a place for all nationalities to come and visit. It should be a place for reflection and quiet contemplation as well as a place to encourage thoughts of peace and unification between Americans and others. What it should not be is a place to shove the Muslim beliefs (good or bad) in the faces of those who are not of that religious persuasion (good or bad). I am completely against allowing for this structure to be put in this particular place in our country. I will put aside my dislike for certain beliefs that the Muslim religion practices as much as I will put aside my dislike of some forms of worship that other religious denominations practice. What I won't put aside is how wrong I feel building this tribute to a religion that innocently or not, is very much a reminder of that dark day on September 11, 2001 . Shame on those who would denigrate this place with any particular religious structure. It is a shared place and not any one religion should be permanently placed in that area.
Let everyone come to pay respects, let everyone and anyone think whatever thoughts that they might have about what happened and why it happened. But, do not let anyone come and put their permanent stamp upon that place that belongs to all of us.
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