Olson: Obama was Right on Cordoba

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday August 19, 2010

In an interview with MSNBC, conservative lawyer and former Solicitor General Ted Olson explained why he fundamentally agrees with President Obama's stance on the Cordoba House:

"I do believe that people of all religions have a right to build edifices, or structures, or places of religious worship or study, where the community allows them to do it under zoning laws and that sort of thing, and that we don't want to turn an act of hate against us by extremists into an act of intolerance for people of religious faith. And I don't think it should be a political issue. It shouldn't be a Republican or Democratic issue, either. I believe Gov. Christie from New Jersey said it well -- that this should not be in that political, partisan marketplace."

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