a mosque at ground zero

[altezon]

wouldn't it be good if the gov said yes you can have a mosque there to pray in as long as you also have the next four biggest religions. i think if such a place does get built it has to be done from government funding.

let the gove build it and rent it out to what ever faith wishes to take part.

There are three problems with your suggestion:

The project has already been approved by the city. My sense is that the only basis for denying permits would have been zoning laws and building codes.

It's being built on privately-owned land. The Government (the United States and the State of New York are separate governments) can't arbitrarily take the land and decide what to use it for except in cases of eminent domain, which doesn't apply here.

Both the state and federal constitutions forbid government from being a religious referee, except where alleged constitutional violations of "the separation of church and state" are brought to the attention of a court.

i think the problem is that the person or group who want to build/start the mosque at zero has a bad past when it comes to showing peace and harmony. he's said some pretty inflammatory things as well. anyway, i think the idea is good but the person formulating it might not be.

Can you be more specific?

if it's in new york it's at ground zero lmao.

the USA as obama points out is built on the premise of religious freedom isn't it. why has that changed, personally i think some of those who decry it are doing so for points.

Being American doesn't guarantee that you understand or even accept
your own Constitution (unless of course you're a naturalized citizen).