Reid Opposes NYC Mosque Location
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stated that while he recognizes the right of Muslims to worship, that he would prefer that they didn't build a mosque near Ground Zero:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said an Islamic center shouldn't be built near the site of the 9/11 attacks.
Reid, who is locked in a tough reelection campaign, broke with President Obama in calling for the New York center to be built somewhere else. Obama on Friday endorsed the right of a group to build the center, which includes a prayer space, near Ground Zero.
"The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," Reid spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. "Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built someplace else."
Reid is the most senior Democrat to come out in opposition to the mosque.
Click here to read more.
