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| It depends upon the policy of town X regarding use of city equipment.(for the Mosque) If town X allows the local mosque to use the equipment (on whatever terms), then town X had better allow the local chapter of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy (or the local synagogue, church, Kiwanis, masonic temple, etc.) to use the same equipment on the same terms. |
Maybe I'm misunderstanding how this is worded. The mosque, or church, isn't a city building. It's private property, so they don't have to let anyone use it. This
Detriot News article is about the most calm discussion of the basic points.
The call to prayer is 5x a day and it's 1m:30sec long. Here's
an audio loop. At first I thought they were making a big deal out of nothing. But now I see why people have a problem with it.
They liken the call to prayer with church bells. But in the articles I've read about this, they don't mention how often church bells ring. They also don't mention how many churchs actually, or still, even ring bells. Or how loud any of these things are. The ACLU does support reasonable efforts by the government to accommodate religious expression.