http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/06/anthony-weiner-praises-bloomberg-for-ground-zero-mosque-speech/Anthony Weiner Praises Bloomberg for Ground Zero Mosque Speech.
By Devlin Barrett
Rep. Anthony Weiner, a past and probably future foe of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is praising the mayor for his stance on the controversial planned mosque near Ground Zero.
For years, Weiner has been one of the mayor’s most persistent critics, but the congressman is now defending him in the politically charged debate over whether a mosque and community center should be allowed blocks from the site of the World Trade Center.
Republicans in New York and across the country have urged for the project to be halted; Bloomberg gave a forceful speech earlier this week arguing that letting it go forward is in the best traditions of New York’s history.
In a letter, Weiner wrote to the mayor to praise this speech, adding: “I feel strongly that the constitutional protection of religion from the overreach of government means that elected officials should endeavor to stay out of the business of deciding where houses of worship may or may not be.’’
The one-page letter from the congressman does not make clear whether he thinks the group building the center should be investigated to determine their funding sources, as lawmakers like Rick Lazio have proposed. Weiner wrote that he hoped the process allows for transparency and tolerance and that “fair questions’’ can be raised, but he doesn’t specify what would constitute a fair or unfair question.
A number of GOP politicians in New York and elsewhere, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, have spoken out against the mosque.
Meanwhile, the Weekly Standard reported that three U.S. Senators, Johnny Isakson (R., Ga.), Olympia Snowe (R., Maine), and John McCain (R., Ariz.) think the planned mosque is insensitive to the families of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
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This is the same Anthony Weiner who married a Muslim!
The good news is a follow-up to my discussion with mord in the
http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php/topic,48542.0.html thread.
Unlike in the last two Congressional elections, this time around the Republicans will at least field a candidate against him. His name is Bob Turner, a Queens businessman. Weiner can't get a free pass!
http://article.nationalreview.com/437170/bob-turner-a-challenger-for-anthony-weiner/kathryn-jean-lopezeb22