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  • Glenn Beck's Rally Panned by Civil Rights Leaders, Kicks Off Tea Party Rallies

    08/21/2010 4:14:13 PM PDT · by Sleeping Freeper · 52 replies
    abcnews.com ^ | 8/20/10 | HUMA KHAN
    Forty-seven years after Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, a different type of rally will be convening there. And it is already causing national uproar. The controversial Fox News host's comments against some churches provokes anger.Conservative commentator Glenn Beck's plans to host a "Restoring Honor" rally on Aug. 28 to "celebrate America" has brought objections from some civil rights leaders, who say picking the anniversary of King's speech is a deliberate way to distort King's message. Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network -- which...
  • Islamic Center Leader Says No Moving From Site Near Ground Zero (Muslims prepare for victory lap)

    08/20/2010 11:33:01 AM PDT · by tobyhill · 56 replies
    abc ^ | 8/19/2010 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN and NED POTTER
    One of the leaders of the proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks from ground zero in New York says it's too late to back out now. "There is too much at stake," said Daisy Khan, who, with her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, is leading the project. "Constitutional rights, the development of the Muslims here, how the world is watching the United States. We tell people America upholds religious freedom. We should not compromise those values." Khan spoke to Sally Quinn of the Washington Post, who quoted her in a blog post. "We have to convince people that not...