Obama backs mosque near ground zero

[Oakvale]

Good for him, he and Bloomberg clearly have the moral high ground here.

That said, I think it's a sad reflection on the state of American society that the President defending religious freedom is considered controversial.

Mind you, I'm not singling out the United States on the xenophobia thing - Europe's just as Islamophobic, and it's a problem all throughout the "west".

[Oakvale]

Good for him, he and Bloomberg clearly have the moral high ground here.

That said, I think it's a sad reflection on the state of American society that the President defending religious freedom is considered controversial.

Mind you, I'm not singling out the United States on the xenophobia thing - Europe's just as Islamophobic, and it's a problem all throughout the "west".

IMO, America's pretty liberal compared to Europe in regards to its attitude towards Islam.

There's probably a grain of truth to that - the burqa ban wouldn't have gotten off the ground in the US, unless the Tea Party people get their way and decide the Constitution only protects Christians' freedom of religion.

[Oakvale]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0810/Obama_narrows_mosque_defense.html?showall

So which is it, Muslim symp?

Isn't that pretty much the same thing he said yesterday? I don't think it was implied that he actively supports the project.

[Oakvale]

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He hasn't actually changed his opinion on the mosque thing. I'm just sayin'