Thread: 9-11 Families stunned by Obama support of 9-11 Mosque

Here’s the statement issued by Debra Burlingame, the co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America:

Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America’s heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see. Since that dark day, Americans have been asked to bear the burden of defending those values, again and again and again. Now this president declares that the victims of 9/11 and their families must bear another burden. We must stand silent at the last place in America where 9/11 is still remembered with reverence or risk being called religious bigots.

Muslims have worshipped in New York without incident both before and after the attacks of 9/11. This controversy is not about religious freedom. 9/11 was more than a “deeply traumatic event,â€

Obama's Support for Ground Zero Mosque Draws Fire


President Obama is under fire after jumping into the middle of a cultural clash Friday night in favor of building a mosque near ground zero, a stance that has elevated the contentious issue to the presidential level ahead of a difficult election season for Democrats.

Some victims' advocates and Republicans have strongly condemned Obama's support for the mosque, which would be part of a $100 million Islamic community center two blocks from where nearly 3,000 people perished when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

"Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America's heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see," said Debra Burlingame, a spokeswoman for some Sept. 11 victims' families and the sister of one of the pilots killed in the attacks.

Building the mosque at ground zero, she said, "is a deliberately provocative act that will precipitate more bloodshed in the name of Allah."

Sally Regenhard, whose firefighter son was killed at the World Trade Center, said the president had failed to understand the issue. "As an Obama supporter, I really feel that he's lost sight of the germane issue, which is not about freedom of religion," she said. "It's about a gross lack of sensitivity to the 9/11 families and to the people who were lost."

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said the president is "wrong."

"It is insensitive and uncaring for the Muslim community to build a mosque in the shadow of ground zero," he said in a written statement.

"While the Muslim community has the right to build the mosque, they are abusing that right by needlessly offending so many people who have suffered so much," he said. "The right and moral thing for President Obama to have done was to urge Muslim leaders to respect the families of those who died and move their mosque away from ground zero. Unfortunately, the president caved into political correctness."

Entering the highly charged election-year debate, Obama surely knew that his words would not only make headlines in the U.S. but be heard by Muslims worldwide. The president has made it a point to reach out to the global Muslim community, and the over 100 guests at Friday's dinner in the State Dining Room included ambassadors and officials from numerous nations where Islam is observed, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.

While his pronouncement concerning the mosque might find favor in the Muslim world, Obama's stance runs counter to the opinions of the majority of Americans, according to polls. A CNN/Opinion Research poll released this week found that nearly 70 percent of Americans opposed the mosque plan while just 29 percent approved. A number of Democratic politicians have shied away from the controversy.

Opponents, including some Sept. 11 victims' relatives, see the prospect of a mosque so near the destroyed trade center as an insult to the memory of those killed by Islamic terrorists in the 2001 attacks.

Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania told Fox News that Obama seems to misunderstand that Islam is not just a religion, but also a political doctrine. He also said the mosque is being run by a man who accused the U.S. of being an accomplice in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Santorum compared the ground zero mosque to a minister who wants to builds a church near the location where the Rev. Martin Luther King was killed but preaches racial separation and the notion that King brought his death upon himself.

"I don't think Barack Obama would say, 'Well we have religious tolerance, we're going to allow them to do that,'" he said. "That is the wrong way to look at this. This is not whether it's a legal right to do it. People have legal rights to do a lot of things in this country."

"We have the will of the American public," he said, noting the polls show most oppose the mosque. The imam is "ignoring the will of the American public, as by the way, Barack Obama is by siding with him."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08 ... que-draws/

Thanks April, great piece. Obama's support for this mosque is beyond the pale! Something must happen soon to reverse the damage done by this criminal we call our POTUS. Obama and his anti-American stooges MUST stand trial for crimes against the constitution and crimes against the American people. Enough is enough.

[quote="April"]Here’s the statement issued by Debra Burlingame, the co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America:

Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America’s heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see. Since that dark day, Americans have been asked to bear the burden of defending those values, again and again and again. Now this president declares that the victims of 9/11 and their families must bear another burden. We must stand silent at the last place in America where 9/11 is still remembered with reverence or risk being called religious bigots.

Muslims have worshipped in New York without incident both before and after the attacks of 9/11. This controversy is not about religious freedom. 9/11 was more than a “deeply traumatic event,â€

He seems to take care of his own.

President Obama seemed to dial back today on his statement of support for plans to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero, the site of the terror attacks of 9/11.

The president supports plans for the religious center.

During a visit to the Gulf Coast today, Obama said that while he believes Muslims have the right to build the mosque and community center so close to where two hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, killing 3,000 people, he is not sure it's a good idea.

He said he was not commenting on the "wisdom" of the plan Friday night, when he spoke Friday night at a White House ceremony to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan

"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," he said Friday evening.

"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said. "This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable."

Republicans were quick to criticize the president for his support of the mosque plan.

"President Obama is wrong," said Rep. Peter King, whose district is on Long Island, N.Y. "It's insensitive and uncaring for the Muslim community to build a mosque in the shadow of ground zero."

The planned $100 million Islamic community center would be built two blocks from the World Trade Center site, and the controversy over the plan has been building for weeks.

Some family members of the victims of the attacks said they were stunned by the president's remarks.

"Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America's heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see," said Debra Burlingame, co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America, in a statement released Saturday.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/president-obam ... d=11401964

TexasBorn wrote:
Thanks April, great piece. Obama's support for this mosque is beyond the pale! Something must happen soon to reverse the damage done by this criminal we call our POTUS. Obama and his anti-American stooges MUST stand trial for crimes against the constitution and crimes against the American people. Enough is enough.

You are welcome TexasBorn!

It is obvious where Obama's loyalty lies and it is not with us and he makes it more obvious every day.

Is it possible that Americans are supposed to be stunned, intentionally?

It is said that politics is the art of compromise. The debate was brought forth with the expected reaction. The Moslems with the help of Wonder Boy started the fire storm. They took two steps forward. The debate brings religious freedom up, something Americans will not deny. At best the Moslems will step back one step. Thus they gained one step. Religious freedom has been brought forth and no one can fight in an atomosphere other than Ground Zero. It was a ploy, a set-up, just to start debate. JMO

Does anyone really think that Wonder Boy did not understand the firestorm he was bringing forth? Start the controversy, then compromise. Not just Ground Zero, around the country. The door is being opened as nothing can be argued after the debate concerning Ground Zero, or else religious intolerance and racism will be the charge. Not all ground can be hallowed, not like Ground Zero. You Americans must show some tolerance.

It is a ruse. Smoke and mirrors. JMHO

Originally Posted by roundabout

Is it possible that Americans are supposed to be stunned, intentionally?

It is said that politics is the art of compromise. The debate was brought forth with the expected reaction. The Moslems with the help of Wonder Boy started the fire storm. They took two steps forward. The debate brings religious freedom up, something Americans will not deny. At best the Moslems will step back one step. Thus they gained one step. Religious freedom has been brought forth and no one can fight in an atomosphere other than Ground Zero. It was a ploy, a set-up, just to start debate. JMO

Does anyone really think that Wonder Boy did not understand the firestorm he was bringing forth? Start the controversy, then compromise. Not just Ground Zero, around the country. The door is being opened as nothing can be argued after the debate concerning Ground Zero, or else religious intolerance and racism will be the charge. Not all ground can be hallowed, not like Ground Zero. You Americans must show some tolerance.

It is a ruse. Smoke and mirrors. JMHO

I tend to agree with you roundabout. BO stepped in it fully knowing the firestorm it would create. It's a pattern of behavior. Bowing to foreign leaders, becoming involved in a local police matter involving black and white, socialized healthcare etc. These weren't mistakes but rather calculated steps IMO. He is a scumbag alright, but a clever one.

I think for the most part Obama is a bumbling puppet who causes chaos where ever he is.

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