The American law system is one reason why I often think of applying for a green card. In my home country the penalties are absolutely inadequate, even ridiculous: 3 years of prison for raping a child. It's like a bad joke in my eyes.
On the one hand I can understand that people feel offended by the Muslims' request to build a mosque in this location but on the other hand it is not directly at ground zero (as I understood it) and denying them their right to religious freedom, which may have even been their reason for their...