Church won't be site for polls, clerk rules

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Sep 11, 2004

ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago church whose pastor suggested that even moderate Muslims fund terrorists will no longer be a polling place for the Nov. 2 election.

Cook County Clerk David Orr decided not to require voters to cast ballots at the 1,900-member Ashburn Baptist Church after some residents complained about comments the Rev. Vernon Lyons made at a public hearing to oppose building of a proposed mosque.

"Muslim terrorists kill people. Moderate Muslims do not kill people. Moderate Muslims supply the cash to the militant Muslims," Lyons said.