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WaPo: Georgia officials were set to approve a new mosque — until an armed militia threatened to protest


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The very definition of privilege. Trump's deplorable America on full display.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/09/13/a-georgia-county-was-set-to-approve-a-new-mosque-until-an-armed-militia-threatened-to-protest/

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For decades, leaders in Newton County, Ga., have tried to make things easy for anyone who wanted to build a church, with zoning rules that have a “places of worship” exception to streamline the construction process.

But recent plans for a mosque complicated things for county leaders.

About a month ago, word spread that Muslims wanted to build the county’s first mosque on an empty plot at Highway 162 and County Line Road. Since then, a Muslim leader says, a quagmire of bureaucracy and “Islamophobic” public meetings have shined a glaring national spotlight on this county of about 100,000 people, 35 miles east of Atlanta.

The latest wrinkle came this week, when county commissioners, citing security concerns, canceled a meeting that was expected to allow construction of the mosque to move forward.

The concerns arose after a self-described militia group from a neighboring county posted a video on Facebook threatening to demonstrate outside the meeting with guns drawn.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, SkinsHokieFan said:

Gun control would be enacted so fast if every Muslim took my advice and started walking around armed 

Once upon a time the NRA was super in favor of gun control. Coincidentally, black militias and groups had started legally arming themselves. 

Fun times.

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6 hours ago, No Excuses said:

Once upon a time the NRA was super in favor of gun control. Coincidentally, black militias and groups had started legally arming themselves. 

Fun times.

I thought that was the Dems in their Klan days?

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5 minutes ago, twa said:

I thought that was the Dems in their Klan days?

 

Nope, Ronald Reagan was a Republican Governor by then.  When the Black Panthers started arming themselves in the 1960s, he suddenly found the need for California to enact gun control legislation.  The NRA supported him and the new gun control laws, and the trend spread to other states and the federal government. 

A decade later,  the NRA was taken over by the Harlan Cotter/Wayne LaPierre extremist faction, and it started opposing all gun control legislation.,  

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Just now, Sacks 'n' Stuff said:

I'm getting a sort of "Redskins in December" vibe. Feels like you're going through the motions but just trying to get to the end of the season. There's no fire. No drive.

 

Not much to get excited over.....not in the mood to embrace the suck.

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On September 14, 2016 at 2:37 PM, MattFancy said:

Ah the backwards South.

Kaepernick quietly kneeling during the anthem=bad

Posting a video threatening to show up and protest a mosque with guns=job well done 

 

9 hours ago, visionary said:

 

Ah, the backwards Marylanders on full display. 

"Nice apartment Hun! Welcome to Bal-mur!"

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