No, the community center (giant building with all kinds of things going on, one of them being a mosque) is two blocks away from the WTC site.

Here's the mayor of New York speaking on this topic.
Very well put.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-a ... -bloomberg

there is or used to be something called the first ammendment.

This was the ground zero mosque.

The one that was destroyed as it was pancaked along with the rest of the south tower.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2010/09/10 ... uth-tower/

The nonsense we are hearing about this alleged ground zero mosque is nothing but political fear mongering in an election cycle.

It’s all very sad really. We have a group of people that feel the need to adhere to a medieval fairy tale, who in turn have had their beliefs, minimal as they are, hijacked by a much smaller group with psychopathic leanings, who have used them shamelessly to justify acting out their own particular dysfunctional angst.

And now the question is afoot about how much to accommodate this larger group. The politically incorrect answer would be of course to tell them to stop their silly nonsense, and use their time more productively in some way, like perhaps reading some good books. But of course this is not to be. The world can’t change overnight.

I suppose the answer is to let them build it, and to remain in dialogue as much as possible; but also to be rigorous, aggressive even, in mandating a solid education for all young people, one that insists on science and reason, from here on in.

It does not seem to me that the viewing public is witnessing much
of a separation of church and state, which is where the problem sits
in the U.S. All religion is paranoia and all government is greed.
Our tolerance for both sides created this mess and only intolerance towards
such foolishness can stop it, One thing I would point out is that when
a controversy occurs in the church all fingers point to the Vatican ,
Where do our muslim friends point to when they've a need for leadership .
A sad truth just may be that the powers that be on both sides have unspoken
agendas , who really can trust either side,what good comes of either outcome ,
Foolish optimism is the lance that will bring us all down.

It's kinda tough to argue against a Mosque when there are already massage parlors and strip joints right near Ground Zero. Hardly hallowed ground.

True, that.

It doesn't make any difference what anyone thinks about this building; it is perfectly legal for it to be built there. Christian religious fanatics are using this issue to persuade Americans that we should forget our constitution and practice prejudice.

Christian religious fanatics are using this issue to persuade Americans that we should forget our constitution and practice prejudice.

Believe me, they - Christian religious fanatics - are a tiny minority in the world wide protest on this matter. So tiny in fact that they are not even on the radar.

It's much bigger than that. It's much more than that. Google it up and spend 4 to 8 hours reading all about it and you will only get a wee capsule/snapshot or who is protesting and why. You won't get anything near the big picture - the whole story.

it's pretty simple.

people are using under-developed reasoning skills to link all of Islam with the attack on the WTC, and have been revving up their "OUTRAGE" so they can pretend like it matters that some muslims want to set up a community center within a lightyear of the former WTC.

It is intollerance, jingoism, and a desire to manipulate the credulous that has put this project on the national radar.