"Mosques are not churches like we would think of churches. They think of mosques more as a foothold into a society, as a foothold into a community, more in the cultural and in the nationalistic sense. Our churches -- we don't feel that way, they're places of worship, and mosques are simply not that, and we need to take that into account when approving construction of those." —
Kevin Grantham (R), Colorado state senator, in support of considering a proposal to ban construction of new mosques.