Thread: Why can't the Greek church at Ground Zero be rebuilt?

Why can't the Greek church at Ground Zero be rebuilt?

August 18, 2010 11:53 AM
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If the Greek Orthodox had flown a stolen airliner into the World Trade Center would they have had an easier time getting permission to rebuild their church?

If the issue really was freedom of religion as mosque supporters claim shouldn't NY officials and President Obama support the rebuilding of this church? Of course they should but as we all know freedom of religion is not the real issue at play in this controversy.

From Fox News.... http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08 ... ls-forgot/


The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America accused New York officials on Tuesday of turning their backs on the reconstruction of the only church destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, while the controversial mosque near Ground Zero moves forward.

The sidelined project is the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, a tiny, four-story building destroyed in 2001 when one of the World Trade Center towers fell on top of it. Nobody from the church was hurt in the attack, but the congregation has for the past eight years been trying to rebuild its house of worship.

A church that was actually destroyed in the Islamic attack in 2001 is no longer wanted by NYC officials. It's been 8 long years and they have been unable to get permission to rebuild. It's certainly not that they haven't tried but NY officials have refused to even meet with them to discuss rebuilding their church.

Candidate for Congress, George Demos, has now written to President Obama requesting he give the same support to the church that was already at Ground Zero as he has given to the mosque that is to be build there.

In part he said the following:

While we may disagree on the appropriateness of the Mosque, we can surely agree that it is an issue of national importance that the only house of worship actually destroyed on September 11, 2001, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, be rebuilt. For the last year, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has refused to meet with Church officials and has placed bureaucratic roadblocks in way of rebuilding St. Nicholas Church.

The world is watching to see if the humble Church that stood as a quiet refuge at the crossroads of commerce will rise from the ashes of that fateful September morning and become a vibrant symbol of our faith and resiliency as a nation.

You can read his letter here. http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.ht ... 67&lang=US

I hope Demos doesn't hold his breath waiting for a positive response.

http://www.gopusa.com/fresh-ink/2010/08 ... ebuilt.php

Well, Obama Husain is not ORTHODOX.

We all know who he BOWs TO!!!!!