Dude, There's Already A Mosque Near Ground Zero

Umm, Republican idiots? There's been a mosque "in the shadow" of Ground Zero before the Twin Towers were built in 1972! Masjid Manhattan was built in 1970.

Jed from Daily Kos asks two questions:

So here's the question for anti-mosquers:

1. If the currently existing mosque is too close to Ground Zero, by what method should the congregants be removed? Arrest? Angry mob? Or maybe the building should be crushed to rubble by a wrecking ball? What would make you feel good?

2. If it's not too close, where is the line of demarcation? How wide should the mosque exclusion zone be? 3 blocks? 2.2 blocks? 3.8 blocks? And on what basis is that line of demarcation drawn?

I guess I have one last question for them: how many of you anti-mosque yokels even knew there already was a mosque in the same general area?

Or if you want to see it on Google maps (A=Cordoba House, B=Masjid Manhattan) :

What part of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" do you not understand? Clearly, people have the right to put a place of worship (which is only one part of what the proposed Cordoba Center is going to be) without government interference.

So, for the people who say "Well, of course they CAN but they SHOULDN'T" I respond who the **** are you to tell someone what they should or should not do?