'There’s no greater investment a person has than their own home,” said attorney John Reeves, who is representing Madison residents who oppose the construction of a mosque in their neighborhood along Highway 51. “People put their life savings and life’s work into their homes, and they rightly expect the character in their area to remain friendly to home-owners.”"
Also wanted to add these clips from the above report by Adam Lynch:
Madison resident Rita Martinson, a state representative, is one of the possible neighbors fighting the building of the mosque. The Republican claims her opposition has nothing to do with the 5-acre plot potentially containing a Muslim church, and more to do with property values.
“We’re fighting the request to put the mosque in on the premise that it doesn’t fit in to the character of the area,” said Martinson. “Everything in that area could eventually be zoned commercially, which would make a church look awkward, and it certainly wouldn’t fit in with the agricultural farmhouses out there now....”
The Muslim Association had been scheduled for a public hearing last Tuesday, before the Madison County Board of Supervisors, to appeal the county planning commission’s denial of its zoning request. Members of the association did not show for the meeting (unlike a number of opponents to the mosque), so board members delayed the hearing on until Aug. 3.
With no certification for sewer service in that area, proponents of the mosque may approach the Mississippi Department of Health for a permit to build a personal sewage treatment plant for the 300-person building. Sewer lagoons and septic tanks are difficult to approve because a number of homes in the area still get their water from personal wells, which could come into contact with the mosque’s septic run-off.
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