Utah Senator Backs NYC Mosque

September 1, 2010

Author: Lisa Wangsness

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/09/01/hatch_backs_muslims_on_planned_nyc_mosque/?p1=News_links

One of the nation’s leading Mormon elected officials has cited the battle over a Mormon temple in Belmont in arguing that Muslims should be allowed to build a mosque near ground zero.

Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, said mosque proponents “have every right’’ to carry out their plans in New York, just as Mormons had a right to build their temple, despite neighborhood opposition.