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| Poll shows opposition to Cordoba House crosses religious, ethnic and ideological lines |
| 2010-08-10 |
| A new survey released Thursday says 61 percent of New York state residents oppose the location for the Cordoba House, an Islamic community center and mosque to be built in Lower Manhattan, just two blocks away from Ground Zero. The poll results came just two days after the City of New York gave builders the go-ahead for center's development. The survey, conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, reveals that only 26 percent of respondents support the project. "Large majorities of all New Yorkers, every party, region and age give a thumbs-down to the Cordoba House Mosque being built near the Ground Zero site," said Dr. Don Levy, the institute's director, in a press release. "But only just over half of all New Yorkers, even city residents say they have been following the news about the proposed mosque closely." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 #4: Poll? Why would any official, elected or appointed, give a rat's arse about the opinion of the majority? Posted by: bigjim-CA Because if they don't start paying attention to "the majority", it will be tar and feathers time. The politicians may think we're "beyond that", but I don't think "the majority" think that. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-08-10 22:28 |
| #5 Our Constitutional freedoms are not a suicide pact. These muzzies act we should like them jabbing their thumbs in our eyes and giving us the finger with the other hand. Just because Bloomberg suffers from some kind of guilt doesn't mean we should like him inflicting it on the rest of us. Get a friggin therapist. A small minority asserts its will over the majority. Seems to be the way of the U.S. right now. Weasels. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-10 18:23 |
| #4 Poll? Why would any official, elected or appointed, give a rat's arse about the opinion of the majority? |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-08-10 13:02 |
| #3 I still find it interesting that they want to call it 'Cordoba House'. Córdoba was the Islamic Capital of the Caliphate in Al-Andalus. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-08-10 12:28 |
| #2 Greg Gutfield is working to open a gay bar catering to Muslims, right next door to the mosque, complete with a no-alcohol floor. After all, tolerance and understanding is what the mosque location is all about, no? |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2010-08-10 11:27 |
| #1 Legal or political maneuvers are not the answer. Instead, apply lots of 'sunshine' - investigate the players and the money and make it all public. Also, contempt and derision at the popular level - but only at this project and its proponents. If things work right, a bunch of workers and suppliers (and union/Mafia trash haulers) will make good money and the radicals will end up with a big, embarassingly-empty mosque. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-08-10 08:20 |