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Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic challenger Bill White agree that while plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero have stirred controversy, they don't object to a local decision affirming the Islamic group's right to build it.
A New York City planning commission voted this week to clear the way for a planned Islamic community center and mosque near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Opponents say the project is an insult to the memory of the nearly 3,000 people killed at the site. A conservative advocacy group has filed suit seeking to stop construction.