We have all heard the varied opinions on building a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero. The building that would contain the mosque is the building where the tail section of one of the jets fell on September 11. Generally speaking, New Yorkers and Americans seem to oppose the mosque. For some reason, our elected officials seem determined to allow the mosque to be built. One of the latest wrinkles in the discussion is the revealing of the fact that the people who want to build the mosque do not yet own all of the land involved. As we debate the sensitivity of building a mosque at this location, ask who is paying for the mosque, and wonder about the beliefs of the person who will lead the mosque, one New Yorker seems to have come up with an interesting approach to the whole debate.
Yesterday Hot Air reported that Greg Gutfeld has announced that he is seeking investors to open a gay bar in an available commercial location near the mosque to be built near Ground Zero.
Mr. Gutfeld states:
"This is not a joke. I've already spoken to a number of investors, who have pledged their support in this bipartisan bid for understanding and tolerance.
"As you know, the Muslim faith doesn't look kindly upon homosexuality, which is why I'm building this bar. It is an effort to break down barriers and reduce deadly homophobia in the Islamic world."
If we are truly to be open-armed and tolerant in allowing this mosque to be built, should we not, in turn, expect tolerance from those people building it? Massachusetts, where because of a court decision gay marriage is legal, drove Catholic adoption agencies from the state by forcing them to choose between one of the major tenets of their religion and keeping the agencies open. The state required them to allow gay couples to adopt children, but because of the teachings of their church, they could not in good conscience comply with that law, and left the state. Should we require the people building that mosque to allow homosexuals on their staff? Will any laws regarding civil rights be applied to this mosque?
This could be an interesting development in the situation.
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