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Majority of Manhattanites Support Cordoba House Mosque

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simoom8/11/2010 12:58:03 pm PDT

I wish these polls would always have a second question that is phrased somewhat differently. In addition to the standard:

Do you favor or oppose the building of an Islamic community center and prayer space two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center?

I’d also like see something along the lines of:

Do you favor or oppose government intervention to stop the building of an Islamic community center and prayer space two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center?

Because, while the former is what is always polled, the latter is how the opponents of Park51 and the media always interpret what was polled. While I both favor the community center’s building, and oppose government intervention, I could easily see folks who would never favor the building of any house of worship outside their own faith’s, while still opposing unconstitutional government intervention in the free exercise of religion.