'Ground Zero Mosque'

Westboro Baptist Church Lawyer: Opposing Cordoba House Is 'Un-American'

Ryan J. Reilly | October 8, 2010, 9:35AM

Margie Phelps

A member of the Westboro Baptist Church who represented the fringe church before the Supreme Court in a freedom of speech case on Wednesday tells TPMMuckraker that they support the right of Muslims to build an Islamic cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero.

"Of course" Muslims should be able to build the Cordoba House Islamic cultural center in New York City, Margie J. Phelps told TPMMuckraker in an interview Thursday. She said it would be hypocritical for the United States to not allow construction to proceed, and called opponents of the mosque un-American.

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