Poll: 68% of Americans Oppose 'Ground Zero Mosque'

Let's thanks all these stupid ass media outlets for even referring to it as the "Ground Zero Mosque" which it is NOT!

This is really disturbing to me, the fact that so many Americans can be so fucking ignorant and xenophobic.

So it's none of their damn business, I don't care what those bigots think, and neither does Manhattan, this is a local issue.

"As you may know, a group of Muslims in the U.S. plan to build a mosque two blocks from the site
in New York City where the World Trade Center used to stand. Do you favor or oppose this plan?"

That was the question in the poll. I wonder how words and phrases like "a group of Muslims," "mosque" poll. I wonder if the numbers would different is they used the term "Muslim community center." It's a shame that they don't poll with different versions of the polling language. Absent that revision, this poll simply feeds into the fear that some have. It's nonsense.

If this poll was conducted online or via cell phones, I am almost certain that the opinions of "Americans" would be vastly different than from the ones that are pushed by Fox junior.

"As you may know, a group of AMERICAN CITIZENS in the U.S. plan to build an Islamic COMMUNITY CENTER two blocks from the site
in New York City where the World Trade Center used to stand, and where currently stands A STRIP CLUB, A PORNO SHOP, AND OFF-TRACK BETTING. Do you favor or oppose the community center plan?"

"Next question, did you know that a mosque was built INSIDE THE PENTAGON AFTER 9/11?"

There, fixed.

I refuse to listen to one more freakin poll until full demographics behind said poll are released. The people who fueled the Democratic majority that is now in Congress and the White House are young people and black people, both of whom are well known NOT to pick up unknown/private numbers, which most polling stations call from. Corresponding results from these polls are subsequently skewed toward older people, and older Caucasians in particular.

In other words, these polls are crap. F#$k em. Like windowp said, do a poll on facebook or by email about this issue. The results would make Republicans piss their pants.

Hey, what was the poll on the Iraq invasion? What was the poll number of letting blacks serve in the Military? What was the poll numbers for women's right to vote? Look around you there is churches just blocks away from each other and I don't think Government can't choose nor do I think a vote of the people will hold up in the highest court. It's called Freedom of Religion for a reason.

I think the cratering of opposition the closer the respondents are to the site is evidence enough of the influence of ignorance on the result. I also suspect that options of 'don't care' or 'not my business' would be far more popular than favour or oppose.

Still, coupled with the citizenship poll it might indicate latent xenophobia rising. But I suspect the arrangement of these polls helps drive favorable responses. When someone tries to make a controversy, the polls commissioned inevtiably mirror the same perspective used to promote the controversy.

Really shabby of CNN to buy into the derp by calling it a "mosque". Visions of soaring minarets and imams chanting. Lies.

The thing is a freakin' YMCA, except replace 'C' with 'I', for cryinoutloud. A Muslim prayer room. It is astounding, and deeply worrisome, that the national debate can be so far from the facts of the case.

The only shabbier thing is the number of pusillanimous 'leaders' who will join in the mob lynching of the First Amendment, based on this poll (and the general level of wharrgarbl surrounding this issue).

It's not a mosque, it's not at Ground Zero... what was the problem again?

Oh egads, another poll that has nothing to do with reality. If we had a poll last year, would we have said that Wall Street needs to close it's doors?

Where was the poll that asked what we thought should happen to the Catholic Church for protecting pedofiles...should they be allowed to build / re-build near the 9/11 site?

You can poll the American public to death, but if you asked the question: Should a land owner be allowed to do whatever the heck they want on that land, does anyone really believe that they would say YES?

Is there a "New Yorkers" only poll?

Facts: It is not a ground zero
It doesn't matter what the polls say, the issue should not and will not be decided by a poll

Most Americans Aged 24-35 do not have a land line phone but rather use their cell phone as their primary phone. Most polling is done using landlines. One could come to the assumption that all this poll reveals is that their is a high level of ignorance among those who have landlines (primarily those above the age of 35), and that even though religious freedom is enshrined in our constitution many feel that the public should decide where people should worship.

PS these polls are crap on a number of levels, polling only takes us so far in understanding the issue. But this issue is a local issue and frankly I think most American would agree that they don't want an outside authority deciding how things should be done in their own personal neck of the woods. In fact this sort of sentiment is supposed to be central to libertarian and conservative thinking. Therefore I think what this poll truly reveals even if it is just a peek behind the curtain is that Americans as whole seemed to be uncertain of their history, uncertain of their foundations, uncertain of their US Constitution and generally ignorant of what trials it has been put through to reach the heights it has. I look upon the Revolution, the underground railroad, the abolishing of slavery, Civil rights, Labor laws, Food and Drug Administration standards, entrepreneurial enterprises from among to name a few as the highlights of America and it's people. I know it's just a poll but seriously the sad state of our culture and this recession added to the mix makes one depressed just to come here and read ignorant crap like this.

Here is the real rub in this. If tea-baggers and other knuckle draggers actually were patriotic and in a rage they would have been using it to have the 9/11 monument built by now.

Awesome! Do I get to oppose the building of new churches too while I'm at it?

As a NON-Muslim American, I would just like to extend my sincerest apologies to the Muslims who have commented. It is a sad - and disturbingly ironic - commentary on Americans that so many are so easily led to uniformly condemn the entirety of one of the world's major religions.

There is every justification for seething with an anger beyond words at the attacks of September the 11th. But to equate the acts of barbarism committed by a select few of a particular faith WITH THE FAITH ITSELF, and vilify a group of about 1.5 BILLION people as if they are all guilty because they share the faith of those responsible is treacherously unfair, wholly without cause and, quite frankly, completely counter to the principles of America.

In North Carolina in the 60's the state refuse to revoke a law that banned inter-racial marriages.

They claimed that 90% of the public wanted to keep the law on the books and it was a local/state issue.

Well, just think how stupid these people are going to feel 50 years from now...I bet if you polled North Carolinans under the age of 30 about inter-racial marriage that 90% would be on the other side of the poll.

The vast majority of people are intentionally misinformed about the Manhattan community center. I've been told its right across the street from the WTC and it will be dedicated to the high jackers on 9/11/11. I was told this at a wedding by sincere, non wing nut type folks.

Peaceful Americans, plz refudiate.