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Tom Minnery: Bloomberg?s ?tolerance? hypocrisy: Why does the mayor welcome the mosque and fight small churches?

By Alliance Alert

"Mayor Bloomberg was eloquent in his defense of religious freedom when he spoke up for the mosque near the World Trade Center site. We wish his fervor extended to the small church congregations . . . . . . The Bronx Household of Faith got its start in 1971, in a poor neighborhood not far from Yankee Stadium. Its dogged attorney, [Jordan Lorence] of the Alliance Defense Fund, has represented the church since 1995, and states the purpose of the congregation this way: 'to demonstrate how the Gospel of Christ could transform the community - reducing crime and drug use, rebuilding families and ultimately benefiting the entire neighborhood' . . . some 60 congregations have taken root in city school auditoriums across the city, their future anything but secure."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).