The "mosque" near Ground Zero has every right to be built

However, I would also like to remind my opponent of the terms of debate. org that prohibit cursing and profanity[1]. ---------- My opponent has agreed with my argument that the builders of the Islamic community center have the right to build it. While morally it is an arguable decision whether or not the community center should be built near Ground Zero, it is important to note that morals are not subjective, whilst rights are. This means that morals do not overwrite the rights of an individual or group. If someone thought slavery was "morally right" to be legal in the United States, it does not change the fact that it is still illegal and unconstitutional [2]. So therefore, even if it is morally wrong to build the community center near Ground Zero, it does not effect their right to build it. And in fact, there is no law banning the building of a mosque or Islamic structure near Ground Zero because the government of New York, and the United States deem it "unmoral" ban the building of such structures. My opponent has proposed the idea that the protesters of the community center are not racist. The definition of racism is as the following according to Merriam-Webster[3]: RACISM: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. This means that racism is when a person or group associates certain character and personality traits to a person because of their race, such as the old belief that those of black skin color were inferior to the Caucasian race simply because of the color of their skin. The protesters as shown in the Anti-Mosque rally video are obviously racist in the fact that they identified two Arab Arabic speaking men as Muslim simply because they were Arab, spoke Arabic, and were near the community center location. They easily determined that based on the race these two fellow Anti-Mosque men were Muslim, which is a racist act. They shouted the remarks "go home" and of the like at them because they were Arab and Arabic speaking, and because they 'seemed' Muslim [4]. It's not very patriotic to identify someone with a religion simply because they look like someone who would be associated with it. Once more I'll state these people are racist and should not be allowed to have their way with the denying the building of the mosque because they are ignorant about what they are protesting, and who can not tell friend from foe. I agree with my opponent that there is no place in the Constitution that says "we can not firmly disagree" with something. This is protected in the first amendment of the U. S Constitution stating that "Congress shall make no law. .. abridging the freedom of speech," [5] However, it should be reminded that to associate all Muslims with 9/11 is also a racist remark for the fact that it is untrue, and to deny the building of this community center is to associate the Muslims that want to build it, along with all Muslims of the world, with the same terrorists who attacked the United States on September 11th, 2001, and continue to do so to do this day, which in turn is a racist thing to do. So once more I should reiterate that the Islamic community center has every right to be built, not because it is morally right or wrong, but because it is unconstitutional to not allow it to be built. References: [1] . http://www.debate.org... [2] . http://www.usconstitution.net... [3] . http://www.merriam-webster.com... [4] . http://www.mediaite.com... [5] . http://www.usconstitution.net...