Top Senate Democrat Disagrees With President Over Manhattan Mosque

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in a statement today that the top Democrat does not agree with President Barack Obama’s assertion that it is acceptable for a mosque to be built just blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood.

“The First Amendment protects freedom of religion,” Reid spokesman Jim Manley told Politico. “Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built someplace else…