Islamic Center at "Ground Zero"

Many of you have probably heard about the dispute in New York City about this Mosque that is in the process of being built 2 blocks from Ground Zero. I AM SO SICK OF IGNORANT PEOPLE! Oh my god, this situation has gotten way out of hand. I was watching an interview on TV yesterday between the head of the Islamic Society of Long Island and I can't remember who else, but the other guy was so disrespectful and ignorant it actually scared me. The leader of the Muslim society had this very eloquent speech on why the Center has every right to be built and the other guys response to it all was "Well... it's still disrespectful."

Now, how is it disrespectful for a group of people who have done nothing illegal and nothing wrong to have a place where people of the same faith can mingle and take cooking lessons or play some basketball after work. Jews and Christians have places like that.

We are all forgetting that muslims were killed in the world trade center on 9/11 too. And terrorist groups have killed more Muslim civilians here and around the world than they have Americans. We cannot group all muslims into the same violent-killing demographic. The percentage of muslims in this country that actually harbor violent ambitions are probably less than 5%, but if we continue to treat them like dogs and take away their rights that every other american has that percent will surely grow. Hatred only breeds more hatred.

I had an idea this morning of a T-Shirt slogan to support the Islamic Center. A picture of a muffin and the words "Muffins of Mass Destruction". I want to try to get a support movement for the Center going, and I think this would be a fun way to do it.