Last night the Temecula City Council held a public hearing on the proposed construction of a new mosque in their community. Apparently the project has roiled the public to such a degree that the meeting went on for 8 hours. Ultimately, local opponents were defeated as the Council voted at 3:30am to approve the mosque.
Perhaps they were swayed by the most compelling arguments in favor of the proposed mosque, which came from the last public speaker on the topic. At 3:06 am Murrieta resident Leilani Alman (sp?) stepped to the microphone and delivered one of the most eloquent pieces of oratory every articulated in American political history.