The plan to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero has been a hot topic in the press. Even President Obama has now weighed in with two different comments. Zeal and fervor abound.
America has always been a land of religious liberty. Baptists have championed the cause. But the location of the NYC mosque appears to be the issue. It is in the face of many who are tender about the towers site and those that who died there.
Let’s be clear. The law permits a place of worship to be built on the land two blocks from the September 11th attack. However, rights must always be coupled with responsibility. The only way for our kind of government to work is for people to be responsible and free. Having a right does not always make something right to do. This not only applies in the mosque issue but in various rules of law in America.
As we lose our heart we will have a more difficult time making democracy work. God give us common sense and decency. Some hills are worth dying on. However, Islamic leaders are not being wise to place the mosque in the shadow of the fallen towers and remains of loved ones.
Bro. Ron
