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Paterson Offers WTC Mosque Compromise

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Paterson Offers WTC Mosque Compromise

New York Gov. David Paterson, the butt of late night television jokes and the victim of low public opinion polls, has emerged as a voice of reason, religious sensitivity and political common sense in an ongoing fight to build a mosque in the shadows of the World Trade Center site in New York City.

Paterson announced that while he supports the idea of putting the Islamic cultural center Park51 two blocks from the WTC, there are better places in the city to build such a center, so he offered to move the controversial project elsewhere.

Finally, a politician willing to tell the truth.

There is no doubt the builders of the mosque have the right to build anywhere they want, but having the right doesn't make it right.

Opponents to the plan in New York, a city still dealing with the mental scars of seeing two of the world's tallest buildings toppled by Muslim extremists, aren't necessarily an intolerant lot. It is completely understandable that building a mosque so close to the WTC site is an insensitive blow to 9/11 victims.

Some, like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who support the mosque plan, are bending over backward to appear religiously tolerant. In doing so, though, they are removing common sense from the conversation.

There are lots of places in New York -- the most diverse city in the world -- to build a 13-story mosque and community center.

As Gov. Paterson suggests, find a mosque location that doesn't stare 9/11 mourners in the face.




 

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