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This nation was founded on the principle that the government must never choose between religions or favor one over another. The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in a speech following a vote that will allow a mosque and Islamic cultural center to be built near Ground Zero. Full text of his poignant words here.

I seriously love me some Mayor Mike.