Obama’s mosque endorsement too far out for Harry Reid

The AP reports (via Jihad Watch):

WASHINGTON—The Senate’s top Democrat says a mosque should not be built near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada on Monday became the highest profile Democrat to break with President Barack Obama, who on Friday backed the right for the developers to build a mosque near ground zero.

In a statement, Reid said the first amendment protects freedom of religion and he respects that, but the mosque should be built somewhere else….

Posted by Lawrence Auster at August 17, 2010 09:55 AM | Send