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Originally Posted by Mr. Smith
Your huge tangent aside, my primary issue here has nothing to do with my like or dislike of "The Church." You know, actually, that's not true. It has to do with my "Like" of "The Church. I've said this 'til I'm blue in the face, but when the precedent is set of being able to block a church establishment simply because of the "kind" of religion it is, the pattern will be established of preventing other religions...maybe yours...from establishing your local church.
Just imagine if you were from a very liberal city, Seattle or San Francisco for example, that already has a bent toward disliking religion, if this effort in NYC succeeds, how long will it be until liberal cities use this as a precedent to shut down your church?
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That's really not the issue at all. And if you keep repeating that, you are only showing an inability to hear the issue and arguments by others. It's not an issue of "your x religion, so we don't like you and you can't have your building." That's rather simplistic and naive way to understand this situation.
I wouldn't support any government by saying "just because you are x religion, you can't have a building." Again, you are not broadening what the argument really is.
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