More than 200 people crowded The Property Event Center in Broken Arrow Jan. 6 to organize opposition to a proposed mosque planned to be built nearby.
Broken Arrow Planning Commission previously approved supporting the rezoning of the land the worship and community health center would be built upon.
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Multi-page flyers passed out to attendees and local media before the meeting, organized by local Conservative non-profit Constitutional Grounds, detailed criticisms of Islam and tied the religion to terrorism.
However, state Sen. Christi Gillespie told the crowd residents should be able to effectively appeal to city council before its Jan. 12 vote that it should deny the rezoning on feasibility grounds.
“If I was still on council right now and my own church was doing this proposed development I would have voted no,” the former Broken Arrow vice mayor said. “It did work. So type (a speech) all up, put it into ChatGPT, ask for a three-minute speech, and it will spit out something for you that’s fabulous.”…