| − | [[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former Senator Newt Gingrich compared the mosque's construction to placing a swastika next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.<ref name="post"></ref> | + | [[Sarah Palin]] stated that "to build a mosque at Ground Zero is a stab in the heart of the families of the innocent victims of those horrific attacks."<ref name="post">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/17/AR2010081705860.html?hpid=topnews Washington Post]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411073718434 An Intolerable Mistake on Hallowed Ground]</ref> Former Senator Newt Gingrich compared the mosque's construction to placing a swastika next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.<ref name="post"></ref> Bill Keller, a born-again Christian and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is a "a spit in the face of the people of New York," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol"></ref> |
| − | Bill Keller, a born-again Christian and preacher, has stated that because the mosque is a "a spit in the face of the people of New York," he plans to build a $1 million Christian center near the World Trade Center as well.<ref name="aol"></ref> | |