Thursday, September 16, 2010

Lynn v. Sekulow on "Ground Zero Mosque"

I found this debate blog while researching tomorrow's Constitution Day lecturer, Jay Sekulow. In recent posts, Mr. Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, and Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, debate the issue of building the "Ground Zero Mosque." I thought this debate was interesting because it questions what it means to have religious freedom and where it is appropriate (if at all) to impose restrictions on such freedom. It also brings up the issue of tolerance as one of America's founding principles and questions whether building the mosque would should be considered religious discrimination. As we discuss issues of constitutionality in APP class, it is interesting to see how these issues remain at the forefront of American politics today, as manifested in the Lynn v. Sekulow debate.

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