"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--Benjamin Franklin
Although this sentiment is well over two hundred years old, it is just as timely as it ever was. Under no circumstances should we ever allow ignorant demogogues to manipulate us into believing that it is sometimes okay to ignore the Constitution. That being said, anyone who truly believes in the First Amendment should support plans to build a mosque a few blocks away from Ground Zero..
I can hear the hackles being raised right now. But quite frankly, that is the only logically sound position that an American committed to social justice can take on this issue. And, unlike a lot of the mosque's detractors, I actually live in Manhattan.
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