Sterling Heights Mosque Controversy

[EastsideAl]

"We are upset but not because it is a mosque," said Debbie Rossi, a long-time city resident, who also lives across from the site. "This is being planned in a residential Catholic community.

I guess it's good that I have no plans to move to Sterling [[W)Heights. It sounds like I don't meet their religious qualifications for residence.

[IrishSpartan]

I guess it's good that I have no plans to move to Sterling [[W)Heights. It sounds like I don't meet their religious qualifications for residence.

An outdated and ignorant post based on the current demographics of Sterling Heights.

[EastsideAl]

An outdated and ignorant post based on the current demographics of Sterling Heights.

Perhaps, and the mosque would be a sign of that, although nothing about trying to keep it out due to being in a "residential Catholic community" gives me any hope that things are changing all that quickly or willingly.

I will admit to never having been back to that lovely community, except to pass through as quickly as possible, after a black friend of mine and I were pulled over for "unnecessary driving" while looking for a friend's house, we were both laid face down on the pavement while my car was trashed [[er, "searched"). Then my friend, an active duty U.S. Marine with valid leave orders, was detained and kept handcuffed to a wall in the police station for over 5 hours while they "checked for warrants" and confirmed his orders with military authorities.