Chicagoist: Diversity Comes to Orland Park

Chris

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:08:39 -0600

You all dont see the seriousness in allowing this to occur in our beloved country. I am a member of Ashburn Baptist Church and in no way are we racist, we are concerned with what may happen to our country if this kind of foolishness is allowed. When more attacks occur all we will do is say we told you so.

Konczal

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:28:05 -0600

It's amazing to consider (as some above have) that the KKK, as a domestic terrorist group, originally went after Roman Catholics, and burnt irish/polish churches before they attached themselves to the segregation movement (and later, Nazism). Considering how many 3rd generation polish/irish people live in Orland (I used to be one of them in high school)...Nothing like history repeating itself. Near Niles (maybe Morton Grove?) they had the same problem. Residents flew american flags upside-down to protest it. It was bizarre - like isn't religious tolerance something that seperates us from them?

amy

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:18:34 -0600

I grew up down there - as Homewood became more diverse, our favorite bigots moved south and west (hello Mokena, Tinley & Orland). Surprised? No. Though I am very proud of the Orland government.

rachelle

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:21:57 -0600

hah. that's the first thing I thought of..

margaret

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:14:59 -0600

no relation to vernon, btw

Bob Cook

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:44:27 -0600

It's not shocking, really, that there would be so many people who would be so open about their prejudices against the mosque. When it comes to racial and ethnic hate in Chicago, Arabs are the new blacks.

barrett

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:56:13 -0600

I was reminded of the 19th and eary 20th century prejudice ethnic Catholics faced, and wondered whether they had the same problems putting up churches. I imagine that to the Protestants of the time, the Italians and the Irish and the Central European Catholics were the bomb throwers, Communists, and Unionists, ready to destroy the "American" way of life, right?

Benjy

Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:45:03 -0600

I was amazed and appalled at the bigoted comments that came out of people's mouths at the public forum about the mosque. One stated something close to, "The extremists of those people kill, the moderates simply fund the terrorism." Such behavior was one of the reasons I moved back to Chicago and away from the South. Sad to see it so prevalent here, too.