TagsTagsNancy Pelosi is calling for an investigation into who's funding the Bigot Brigade. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said she supports an investigation of groups opposing the building of a mosque near ground zero in New York. Pelosi told San Francisco’s KCBS radio that “there is no question there is ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Nancy Pelosi
The developers of Cordoba House (which is not a "Ground Zero Mega-Mosque") have rejected NY Gov. David Paterson's craven offer to help them capitulate to the tide of anti-Muslim bigotry: Mosque Developer Rejects Meeting With Paterson. The developers of an Islamic cultural center that would include a mosque near Ground ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, David Paterson
I must admit, I was holding out hope that George W. Bush would speak out in favor of freedom of religion and against the tide of bigotry. You know, like he used to? After all, his administration actually sent Imam Feisal Rauf overseas to promote America in Islamic countries, so ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, George W. Bush
In 2006, LGF readers voted to give the Anti-Idiotarian Award to former UN ambassador John Bolton, largely because of his passionate support of the US and Israel in the frequently hostile environment of the United Nations. I feel slightly sad to announce that today, as the proprietor of LGF, I'm revoking ...
John Bolton, Anti-Idiotarian Award, Revocation, Bigotry, Anti-Muslim
America's ugliest populist race-baiter reveals his bigotry again: Limbaugh accuses 'Imam Obama' of 'sounding like a bitter clinger'. Video People like Rush Limbaugh have almost completely stopped pretending now, and are letting their true faces show. They seem to think the political atmosphere is ready for them to drop their masks.
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Rush Limbaugh, Hate Speech
Jeffrey Goldberg, whose credentials as an opponent of Hamas are pretty unimpeachable, gives a shout-out to LGF today with a link to our post about the developers of the Cordoba House renouncing Hamas: Cordoba Mosque: Hamas is Not Us. Little Green Footballs has been doing a lot of Cordoba-related heavy ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Hate Speech
Those of you who've been relentlessly repeating the line that the developers of the Cordoba House/Park51 community center "refuse to denounce Hamas" may want to read this carefully: Official: Hamas does not and will not speak for Park51. Our mission is one of peace, understanding, tolerance and faith.
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
Just a little more blatant fear mongering and outright lies, from the Republican Party's candidate for governor of Florida, Rick Scott. Subtly titled: "Obama's Mosque." [Video]
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Rick Scott
As we've been pointing out at LGF since it began, the main fanatic driving the "Ground Zero Mosque" insanity is hateblogger Pamela Geller; Justin Elliott has a timeline of her poisonous invective and its effect on the issue: How the 'ground zero mosque' fear mongering began. May 6, 2010: After ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
Daryl Lang has an excellent post with a dozen photographs of some of the other stuff about two blocks from the "hallowed ground" of the World Trade Center -- the same distance as the "Ground Zero Mosque:" 'Hallowed Ground'. What’s my point? A month ago, I wrote about my support ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Bigotry, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
Reacting to President Obama's statement on the Cordoba House project, Redstate.com CEO and CNN contributor Erick Erickson tweeted: "Paging the Church of Satan: Our founding principles demand Barack Obama support your rights to human sacrifice."
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Barack Obama, Erick Erickson
The LA Times has the complete text of President Obama's long-overdue statement on freedom of religion, the US Constitution, and the tide of prejudice that has risen up against the Cordoba House project and other mosques across the nation. The White House posted the full video: Celebrating Ramadan at the White ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Barack Obama, Freedom of Religion, Constitution
I'm beginning to feel like I've stumbled through an inter-dimensional portal into a Bizarro version of America, in which every single right wing politician, pundit, and blogger has been taken over by ranting, raving, illogical hyper-partisan doppelgangers, twisting and spinning themselves into weird pretzel shapes trying to find ways to ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Charles Krauthammer
Aieee! While everyone's been distracted by the evil terror mosque looming over Ground Zero, the Moorish Horde™ has already infiltrated an even more sacred and venerable institution: the logo of the 2012 Republican National Convention Host Committee. We're doomed. All aboard. Next stop sharia law.
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, RNC, Republican Party, GOP
More than 40 prominent American religious leaders have released a joint statement strongly supporting the Cordoba House project and condemning the fear-mongers: Top Religious Leaders Denounce Growing Anti-Muslim Sentiment; Express Support for NY Mosque, Community Center: As Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders and scholars committed to religious ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam
The State Department responds to the ridiculous complaints by Republican populists that Imam Feisal Rauf shouldn't be sent overseas to represent and promote America. The State Department says its choice of Mr. Rauf to represent the US in a forthcoming trip to Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, reflects ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, George W. Bush
It's just unbelievable; the entire Republican Party is signing on to the "Ground Zero Mosque" freak show, even people who have been known in the past to speak out against bigotry -- like Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA): Cantor on the Ground Zero mosque. Cantor is clearly aware that his opposition to ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Eric Cantor
Ya gotta love Bryan Fischer. Actually, not. When he isn't calling for Muslims to be banned from the armed forces, or saying the reason Hitler was so evil was because he was gay, he's demanding a complete ban on mosques in America. [Video]
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Bryan Fischer, American Family Association, Religious Right
The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion has released a new poll of New York residents, showing that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approval rating has dropped to 49%. The New York Post, busily inciting hatred against the Cordoba House project, links this drop to Bloomberg's stance against bigotry and for religious freedom ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam
Hey! Jon Stewart stole my joke. [Video]
Jon Stewart, Comedy, Video, Anti-Muslim, Bigotry, Religious Freedom, newt gingrich
Hatemonger Pamela Geller has apparently founded an "umbrella" group called the American Freedom Defense Initiative for her anti-Muslim activities, with an attorney named David Yerushalmi, and they are going to be allowed to put their misleading anti-Cordoba billboard on MTA buses in New York. Geller and Yerushalmi are using the ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, White supremacism, Racism
Politico's Ben Smith has been collecting statements from possible Republican presidential candidates about the Park51 project (please stop calling it the "Ground Zero Mosque," people -- it's a deliberately misleading phrase coined by bigots), and it's a disturbing snapshot of the current state of the GOP. George W. Bush had many ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Republican Party, GOP
At Mediaite, Jon Bershad really gets a belly laugh out of Greg Gutfeld's new idea: Greg Gutfeld To Open A Gay Bar Next To Ground Zero Mosque To Cater To “Islamic Gay Men”. No, this is not a joke. In fact, it is instead one of the most brilliant pieces ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Greg Gutfeld
Attorney David Boies faces off with the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, and shows him up for the ignorant bigot he is: 'No Evidence of Harm' from Same Sex Marriage. Video (Hat tip: Thanos.)
Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Bigotry, Family Research Council, Tony Perkins
Tea Party-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate for New York, Carl Paladino, has released a campaign video attacking the Park51 project: "As governor, I will use the power of eminent domain to stop the mosque, and use the site as a war memorial instead of a monument to those who attacked our ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Tea Party, Carl Paladino, Racism