Lawsuit filed against Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero

A very interesting post from wwwjihadwatch.org about the Ground Zero Mosque. This follows this post  about Miss USA 2010 and this article about the recent news about the former ban on offshore drilling which would encourage American energy independence and prevent money from going to hostile countries such as Iran   and Venezuela. For more that you can do to get involved click HERE and read this very interesting book HERE!

Lawsuit filed against Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero


"There is a disturbing pattern of stonewalling by the City and Mayor's Office in providing information about what's clearly been a politically tainted process from day one." Yes, indeed.



"Legal Group Seeks Injunction to Halt Mosque Near Ground Zero," by Lawrence D. Jones for the Christian Post, January 12 (thanks to Pamela Geller):



NEW YORK - A conservative legal group asked the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt construction of the Islamic cultural center near ground zero.

The American Center for Law and Justice, which represents 9/11 first responder firefighter Tim Brown in a lawsuit against the Park51 project, is seeking an injunction in any demolition and construction at the downtown Manhattan site.



The group alleges that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his office overstepped their legal boundaries in assisting the developers of the $100 million project.



Court filings revealed several emails between Bloomberg's office and the Park51 developers.



In one email, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is spearheading the project, wrote to a commissioner of the Community Affairs Unit in the mayor's office thanking her for drafting a letter to the Lower Manhattan Community Board 1 advocating for the project.



ACLJ counsel Brett Joshpe also asked the court to grant discovery in the case, noting that the mayor's office has not fully responded to the group's Freedom of Information Law request for communications between Bloomberg, the New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission, and the Islamic center's developers.



"There is a disturbing pattern of stonewalling by the City and Mayor's Office in providing information about what's clearly been a politically tainted process from day one," said Josphe in a statement.



"The limited release of documents by the Mayor's Office underscores our concerns."



Filed last August, Brown's lawsuit alleges that the LPC abused its discretion and acted arbitrarily in its deliberations last summer about whether to give landmark status to the building at 45-47 Park Place, which would have made it difficult for Rauf to develop the Islamic center and mosque there. The LPC denied landmark status to the building, located just two blocks from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.



The lawsuit names the LPC, the New York City Department of Buildings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and the project's developers.



In its request for injunctive relief, ACLJ said it believes destruction of the building is imminent, citing two complaints of unauthorized work without proper permits at the site.



The group also pointed to the developers' application for $5 million in public funding through the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation as an indication that the project is moving forward.



The proposed center is expected to include a mosque, a daycare, gym, an interfaith prayer space, and a 9/11 Memorial cultural center, among other things.



Opponents of the mosque have vocally demanded that the center be moved elsewhere.



Activist Pamela Geller is expected to lead another protest against the mosque next month.





Yes, indeed. Be there on February 3 at 49-51 Chambers Street at 12:45PM.

Posted by Robert

El Paso to legalize Homosexual Marriage?

The city of El Paso may try to use this incident to leglaize homosexual marriage. It would be okay if this was what the Mayor and Council ran on, but instead they are using an incident to make Executive decisions. Please visit here http://www.elpasotexas.gov/community/meetings.asp and visit the webpages of the Mayor and Council Members to at least ask them to put this vital issue to a citywide vote.


Two gay men kicked out of Chico's Tacos restaurant for kissing
The expansion of homosexuality in El Paso as a result of the Supreme Court overturning the state's law in Lawrence v. Texas (h/t El Paso Times). Supreme Court appointees do matter!!

Two gay men kicked out of Chico's Tacos restaurant for kissing
By Andrew Kreighbaum and Darren Meritz / El Paso Times
EL PASO -- Two gay men kissed at a Chico's Tacos restaurant, prompting guards to eject them and a police officer to endorse their ouster.Civil-rights lawyers say the security staff was out of line. Police, though, contend that a business such as a restaurant can refuse service to anybody, any time.In all, five men were ordered to leave the restaurant. They say they were forced out by homophobic guards."It was a simple kiss on the lips," said Carlos Diaz de Leon, a gay man who was part of the group.He called police at 12:30 a.m. June 29 because he said the guards and restaurant had discriminated against the group after two of his friends kissed in public.The five men, all gay, were placing their order at the Chico's Tacos restaurant on Montwood when the men kissed. All five sat down, but the two guards at the restaurant told them to leave.De Leon quoted one of the guards as saying he didn't allow "that faggot stuff" in the restaurant.De Leon said they refused to leave and called police for help. He said an officer arrived about an hour later in response to calls from his group and the guards.As they waited for police, the guards directed other anti-gay slurs at them, he said.Already angry at the guards, de Leon and his group became angrier at the two police officers who arrived."I went up to the police officer to tell him what was going on, and he didn't want to hear my side," de Leon said. "He wanted to hear the security guard's sidefirst."Police declined to identify the officers who responded, but department spokesman Javier Sambrano described one officer as relatively inexperienced.De Leon said the officer told the group it was illegal for two men or two women to kiss in public. The five men, he said, were told they could be cited for homosexual conduct -- a law the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional in 2003 in Lawrence v. Texas.That same year, the El Paso City Council approved an ordinance banning discrimination based on sexual orientation by businesses open to the public.An assistant manager at Chico's Tacos declined to comment Wednesday, except to say the owners of the restaurant were out of town and could not be reached. An official with All American International Security, the firm contracted by Chico's Tacos to supply guards, said one member of the security crew was contacting a lawyer. He would say no more.El Paso police Detective Carlos Carrillo said a more appropriate charge for what happened at Chico's Tacos would probably be criminal trespass."The security guard received a complaint from some of the customers there," Carrillo said. "Every business has the right to refuse service. They have the right to refuse service to whoever they don't want there. That's their prerogative."Briana Stone, a lawyer with the Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project, disagreed.She said the city anti-discrimination ordinance protects people on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation in public places. Perhaps more troubling, she said, was that the police officer chose not to enforce that ordinance and might have contributed to discrimination."This is such a blatant refusal to uphold the law on account of discrimination," she said. "The result is devastating. The Police Department is allowing that and even participating in it by refusing to enforce an anti-discrimination ordinance, which is what their job is."Lisa Graybill, legal director for the ACLU of Texas, said that businesses can ask patrons to leave for lewd conduct, but that those standards would have to apply to all customers."If a straight couple wouldn't have gotten kicked out for it," she said, "a gay couple shouldn't."The police officers involved did not file a report about the confrontation at Chico's Tacos. Carrillo said no report was made because officers thought the situation was under control and neither side requested a written account of the incident.De Leon said he and his friends left the restaurant after an officer threatened to issue a citation for "homosexual conduct."
Andrew Kreighbaum may be reached at akreighbaum@elpasotimes.com ; 546-6137.
Darren Meritz may be reached at dmeritz@elpasotimes.com ; 546-6127.

See also http://brianleesblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/seven-reasons-why-presidency-matters_18.html