More Anti-Religious Garbage

You are being scammed with false arguments. The mosque at ground zero controversy is garbage and so is the burning of the Koran, it is all garbage meant to get you to take side that are not based on understanding but are based on bigotry. Now we have some Hasidic Jews suing over their "freedom of religion". They want to build a church and home and pool in a historic district. The historic district is attempting to stop them.

By pushing both issues at the same time, the hope is that you will willingly allow rules that weaken true religious belief. The Hasidic could build their synagogue anywhere, they chose the historic district for a reason, to create a problem. Now, the issue is should we be able to legislate historic districts, my answer is no. If the state wishes to have historic districts, eminent domain exists, buy the property.

Sometimes restrictions are placed in deeds, some are not allowed. The question is how much one can restrict the future owner of the property. There was a time when you could put in a deed that people could not sell the property to blacks. The courts said this was unenforceable. The question in regards to deeds is contractual. The issue should be one of effect on the seller and others.

If I sell you my house, I can say that you should not be able to turn it into a brothel as that would have a negative effect on the neighborhood. The activity itself is not consistent with a family neighborhood and people bought houses to live in a family environment. Selling my house to a black family will not effect anyone unless they choose to interact with them. A brothel brings traffic.

It is important that we look beyond the inflammatory rhetoric and ask ourselves what truths we hold dear and not which biases we love to hold onto. It is not a question of what people should be allowed to do, it is a question of under which circumstances they should be allowed to. It is a question of options and choices, the more we are limited the less additional limitations should be put on us or eventually we have no freedom.