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Michael Bloomberg

Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their parti

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg is pointing out that the main issue overlooked in the argument about the mosque and community center is whether the government should have the power to stop people from building a religious building on their own land. He emphasizes that this question is about the rights of private citizens, not about opinions on the specific project.

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