Josh Barro on limited government and the mosque “controversy”

16 Aug

Part of supporting limited government is understanding that sometimes, things you don’t like will happen, and the government especially the federal government won’t do anything about it. Getting to do what you want comes at the price of other people getting to do what they want—including build mosques where you’d prefer they didn’t….

There is even a strip club three blocks south of Ground Zero, but nobody seems to have noticed that it is sullying the memory of the place.

via A Very Long Post on Cordoba House – The Agenda – National Review Online.  Thanks to Tyler Cowen for the link.

I’ve yet to read a persuasive argument for why a law-abiding group of Americans ought to be prevented from building a religious house of worship.  If you come across one, please let me know.

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