America should be ashamed of its intolerance

In a free and democratic America, Muslims have every right to build a mosque near Ground Zero. And Americans should have the tolerance to accept this constitutional right.

And to promote this culture of universal tolerance in America, I propose the following :

* Two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque thereby promoting tolerance within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs (which would be gay) "The Turban Cowboy" and the other, being a topless bar, "You Mecca Me Hot".

* Next door might be a butcher shop that specializes in pork and adjacent to that an open barbeque pork rib restaurant, called something like “Iraq o’ Ribs”?

* Across the street there might be a very daring lingerie store called “Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret” with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods.

* Next door to the lingerie shop, there would be room for an Adult Toy Shop, “Koranal Knowledge”, its name in flashing neon lights, and on the other side a liquor store, perhaps called "More Hammered"?

* Security for these treasured landmarks would be provided by the mosque itself. Indeed, America should encourage the construction of a mosque next door to the White House, the Capitol, the Pentagon, and every other strategic and cultural landmark. Unlike terrorists who have a penchant for hiding behind human shields, something frowned upon in America, I see no major problem in America protecting itself with the religious shields of Islamic domes and minarets.

Then these folk could share with us and demonstrate their tolerance for our cultural freedoms and constitutional rights.