Ground Zero Mosque Debate Rolls On; People Cannot Separate Islam from Terrorism

Reading today's New York Times article on New Yorkers' take on the Cordoba House really disappointed me. A key aspect of this entire project that people are completely failing to grasp is the connection (or lack thereof) of everyday Islam to terrorism. The article quotes people delusional enough to start naming how many blocks away from Ground Zero would be appropriate for a mosque to be located.

ADL Publicly Opposes Mosque Construction, Undermines Own Mission

The controversy over whether or not an Islamic Center should be built near Ground Zero in Manhattan is heating up. Kane already discussed Newt Gingrich's gems regarding the mosque. Sarah Palin has also had some valuable things to say about it, most notably when she made up the word "refudiate". But now a new voice is weighing in. And not helping the situation, or their cause.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is a Jewish organization that describes itself as the "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency". They've done some great work, particularly with discrimination issues, humanitarian atrocities, and inter-religious relations. But they seem to be veering away from their stated purpose.

Newt Gingrich Flops on Ground Zero Mosque

Newt Gingrich is an interesting guy, to say the least. He led the Contract for America and helped gain the House majority for Republicans in 1994 and became Speaker of the House. On the other side of the coin, he is "not in favor of creating the notion of gay marriage," yet has run roughshod over the "sanctity" of marriage himself, marrying his former high school geometry teacher (clearly sine curves weren't the only thing being studied) and then finalizing their divorce while she was recovering from cancer surgery. He married a second time, but took that as a chance to have an affair with someone almost two and a half decades younger than him (while investigating the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.) Once he ditched his second wife, he married the "other woman" and, in an ironic twist, converted to Catholicism for her. In summation, there are many layers to the onion that is Newt Gingrich.