Is there any reason to oppose the mosque that isn't bigoted, or demagogic, or unconstitutional?" asks Michael Kinsley. "None that I've heard or read.
via salon.com
Salon magazine did a good piece on the Park51 controversy discussing the holes of the arguments against the cultural center. As someone who lived 1 block east of the World Trade Center site for 8 years I can't stand people spitting venom at my neighborhood. Why don't you let those people who live down there deal with their own lives. We don't need you speaking up for us, thank you very much. It is paternalistic, bigoted, offensive, and downright un-American.
I think that Frank Rich's op-ed of how the fight against the cultural center is a fight against America's wars in the middle east. It's worth a read, too.