Americans dont give up your freedom of religion over a Mosque

The people are not opposed to the Mosque being built just not in that place. They claim to be tolerant but will not consider the feelings of other people. Christian Churches have been denied permission to built because of different reasons.

Everybody should have his/her own choice, decision and freedom of choice. Religious people cannot support violence. Read what President Obama said about this ?? The Ground Zero Mosque, what it will mean for America Obama on the Mosque 8-14-2010 "As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country, 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." There are lot of mosque in the USA in following states ALASKA /// ARIZONA // ALABAMA // CALIFORNIA // CONNECTICUT // COLORADO // FLORIDA // GEORGIA // ILLINOIS // INDIANA // LOUISIANA // MICHIGAN // MINNESOTA // MARYLAND // MISSISSIPPI // MISSOURI // MASSACHUSETTS // NORTH CAROLINA // NEVADA // NEW JERSEY // NEW MEXICO // NEW YORK //OHIO // OREGON // PENNSYLVANIA // TEXAS // WISCONSIN

I can see trouble either way. First, if we find a way to keep them from building, it will, as you say, open the door to regulating religion by the government - not that they don't do it now, but it will be stronger. BUT... if we don't, we will open the door to a much stronger Muslim presence in our nation and that's not good for Christianity or any other religion, because Muslims want to take over by instating their laws in our land. Either way, we can lose badly.

They are already regulating where Synagogues are allowed to function. They use the excuse that it raises crime in an area. We are different, so we attract problems. We are required to keep everything locked at all times even when we are having services. We have to have folks at the door to let people in for services, so at least one person misses religious services becauses the door has to be watched at all times because it is locked. We have a large fence that goes all the way around the sides and back of the Synagogue because we used to have the school in the building too. In order to maintain the school and our insurance, we were required to put up this huge fence. We always had a chainlink fence for the safety of the children. We had an incident with some skin heads and instead of trying to catch them we were told to upgrade our security because it was our fault for being different. Our High Holy Days start next week...it is a scary time for us. We have to have armed guards inside and outside of the Temple every day. Not in the Sanctuary, but in the building. Everyone has to have a ticket to get in. Even the Greek Orthodox Church next door helps us with security. We are a small Synagogue. This is a big expense. Any other religion can just open their doors and let anyone in with no fears...and they do not have the police and insurance companies telling them if they do not keep the doors locked at all times they will have to close them forever...It is their own fault because they are different...Imagine if they said that to a Mosque..... Shalom~Adoniah

What is freedom actually. Freedom is to be free, and obviously not from responsibilities and duties. Yes freedom means you have rights but duties also. Freedom comes with additional responsibilities. Freedom for religion does not mean that you start creating problem and issues for other religion as this is breaching their freedom. So this is good for persons from each religion to respect other religions also and they could help in peace.