With some residents raising concerns about the cultural influence of a mosque proposed for Brookfield, city officials are grappling with how to handle a public dialogue that Mayor Steven Ponto said should focus on the building itself rather than the religion. Ponto said. "The focus of our attention should be on the building issues related to sewers, stormwater and traffic." Alderman Scott Berg said "The really difficult thing is when someone comes up and says, 'I think the mosque will generate too much traffic (wink-wink, nudge-nudge)." At the same time, many residents have not backed off the religious front.
Earlier this month, resident Dave Glasgow petitioned aldermen by email to reject the mosque proposal on religious grounds.
"As a resident of Brookfield since 1970, I am greatly troubled by this development and am respectfully asking that you reject the proposal on the grounds that the ideology of Islam is incompatible with western culture, our Judeo-Christian foundation, and universally accepted human values of freedom, liberty, and justice," Glasgow wrote. "A mosque is a Trojan Horse in a community," Glasgow continued. "Muslims have not come to integrate but to dominate."
Oops, there goes the First Amendment…and you know, with the Republicans proposed one party system of government, a lot of what they fear and oppose will pass muster with their activist conservative courts. All nice and "constitutional" like.
"Dominate"? Well, they've jumped the shark once again.
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