article<\/a> published yesterday (9 June 2012) in The Colorado Independent<\/I> by John Tomasic.<\/p>\n“Hooper was referring to the fact that state Senator Kevin Grantham, a Ca\u00f1on City Republican, recently said he saw merit in a proposal put forward by lightning-rod Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders that lawmakers should ban any future mosque construction in the state,” Tomasic reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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