Marco Rubio Opposes Ground Zero Mosque

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the overwhelming favorite to be the Republican nominee in the U.S. Senate race, took aim at President Barack Obamas recent comments supporting the creation of a mosque close to where the World Trade Center stood in New York.

"We are a nation founded on strong principles of religious freedom, said Rubio. "However, we cannot be blind to the pain 9/11 caused our nation and the families of the victims. It is divisive and disrespectful to build a mosque next to the site where 3,000 innocent people were murdered at the hands of Islamic extremism. I strongly disagree with President Obama and Charlie Crist."