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This Small Town Just Voted in Favor of Religious Tyranny [View all]
There's religious intolerance, and then there's the reaction of a Georgia town to an Islamic group that wants to rent storefront space for a temporary mosque.
Matt Connolly
20 hours ago
The Kennesaw City Council voted 4-1 not to allow the mosque even though the potential landlord had already agreed to the terms of the lease in a move the religious group's attorney calls "a blatant attack on First Amendment rights."
The reason for the refusal to allow the Islamic group's rental was made clear outside the building where the vote was held, with Kennesaw citizens holding signs like "Ban Islam" and "Islam Wants No Peace," according to the Marietta Daily Journal.
How was this even up for a vote? The Islamic group, the Suffa Dawat Center at Kennesaw, applied for a 2,200-square-foot space in a local shopping center to use as a temporary mosque. The opposition came next, ostensibly couched in concerns over parking and zoning.
In the end, the group agreed to limit their occupancy to 80 people, build 40 extra parking spaces and take on a two-year lease. But it wasn't enough for the council, probably because much of the opposition wasn't exactly about zoning ordinances. In fact, according to the Marietta Daily Journal, a similar deal with a Pentecostal church was allowed without a single objection.
http://mic.com/articles/105874/this-small-town-just-voted-in-favor-of-religious-tyranny
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/26174225/article-Kennesaw-City-Council-votes-tonight-on-Islamic-prayer-center?instance=home_top_bullets#ixzz3KluFJP00
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If this isn't a case for Federal intervention, then I'm living in the wrong country.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#1
It sure does, and when I see that phrase used sarcastically around here, it makes me nauseous.
cbayer
Dec 2014
#7
They are going to 'revisit' that issue. Idiots. They know they'll be sued to shit.
CurtEastPoint
Dec 2014
#2
And BTW, it's not a small town. It's sizable, a suburb and prolly 100% Repube/Baptist.
CurtEastPoint
Dec 2014
#3
Me too . People think the hate will " die off" but what I see is that it has propagated quite well
lunasun
Dec 2014
#65
I wonder how many of the 4 who voted against the mosque would insist that they are strongly ...
Jim__
Dec 2014
#30
Yes, it's called freedom of speech, and outlawing it is usually considered tyranny.
Jim__
Dec 2014
#39
Freedom of religion is a convenient free pass? Should we toss the 1st amendment in
cbayer
Dec 2014
#48
More and more people are moving to bedroom communities near large cities....
TinkerTot55
Dec 2014
#60