Should there be a mosque built at ground zero? Does this violate the first amendment? Well no matter which way you may believe, but in my opinion building a mosque will destroy all the memories and beliefs in the hearts of the families of those who died on 9/11. Even though everyone has their own views on different issues I believe that building a mosque at ground zero is a violation of human rights.
In the picture I found on google, it shows a man holding up a sign showing her true thoughts on the building of the mosque. Our president may agree that building the mosque will give the people of the Muslim religion a place to worship,but what many don't realize is that this religion believes in the death to all Christians. Christians make up most of the United States and now we are going to place a mosque, where people who believe in the death of Christians in the biggest city in our country. This to me is against all my wildest dreams that real religious people of our country will risk our lives like this. In the bible it states that you shall not kill,well as you may know Muslims who worship in a mosque believe to the death of Christians, but we will let them come to our country.
Our first amendment to the Constitution states that we have the freedom of religion and freedom of speech, so we have the voice and right to believe that the building of this mosque is either right or wrong. The people who believe in the building of the mosque say that refusing to build is breaking the first amendment. The way i see it is that the first amendment is for the Americans to follow not some foreign immigrants who decide they need us to build them a mosque on ground zero. Ground zero is our sacred land where many of our fellow American citizens died saving our lives, and fighting for our country. Our government says that we need to forgive and forget this tragic time in history, but why should we forget the day where we were attacked by Muslim terrorists who killed more than 3000 people.
Everyday we have men and women in foreign countries that aren't safe for our citizens to be in. They are there fighting for our lives so that we can be free and live our lives like nothing ever happened. Christians deserve to have places to worship just as other religions do but we cant place a mosque where people who bring terror to our people worship. Men and women around the world have strong beliefs that we have the right to any religion that we choose, but we don't ask the government to build a baptist church at ground zero.
So no matter the beliefs of anyone in our land of the first amendment being violated we will stand up for what we believe in and keep our dreams alive. I believe that building the mosque will change the way that everyone feels about what happened on September 11, 2001. Without the mosque we will have a safer land and a better country for our American citizens to live in and raise their families. So is the freedom of religion a face or a myth so far no one knows.
Allow me to play the devil's advocate here...
ReplyDeleteI see your point. I'm not sure of my position on the location of the mosque either. I think it is definately legal, but possibly not wise. Make sure you can back up your claims though! The Muslim religion does not condone violence at all. The terrorists who threaten our safety actually come from a very extremist branch of Muslims, many of which have been brainwashed by extreme leaders and a lifetime of poverty and illiteracy. Saying that all Muslims are violent is like saying that all Christians are violent, or Jewish or even Omish. All religions have had someone commit terrible acts in the name of their God. Wars have been fought. Murders. Mass genocide. Ultimately, hold the people responsible, not the faith. Many Muslims live in the US today as peaceful citizens that love our country and are just as horrified by the events of 9/11 as you are.
Food for thought...