Of course it is hurting him.
Doing the right thing when it is unpopular generally does.
How dare he stand up for some of our most fundamental rights when some unpopular people want to do something unpopular even if it is well within their rights.
He should be applauded.
The right thing? I don't know about that.
"Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said that while the Muslim community had the right to build the mosque, doing so near the site of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack would needlessly offend too many people.
"President Obama is wrong," King said. "It is insensitive and uncaring for the Muslim community to build a mosque in the shadow of Ground Zero.
"The right and moral thing for President Obama to have done was to urge Muslim leaders to respect the families of those who died and move their mosque away from Ground Zero."
Newt Gingrich, a Republican and former House speaker, also condemned the president's comments.
Gingrich said the proposed mosque and community center would be a symbol of Muslim "triumphalism" and building it near the site of the 2001 attack
"would be like putting a Nazi sign next to the Holocaust museum."
Nation & World | Obama tempers stand on N.Y. mosque | Seattle Times Newspaper
Of course America defends fundamental rights and this is important. But, are there not other factors involved here? Does this not question the motives of those who want this built? What about the funding for this mosque?
It's rather puzzling when this Islamic leader is so persistent with this construction when so many American lives, due to Islamic extremists, were killed just two blocks away.
Insulting and insensitive.
Furthermore, did not the Mosque leader state that America was somewhat involved with the attacks on 9/11?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-TUqnipuMA