Sacred ground?

Here's a link that's been making the rounds on Facebook. It's a blog of photos that were taken near the proposed site of the mosque in New York. http://daryllang.com/blog/4421

The pictures suggest that the neighborhood where the mosque would be built is not currently thought of as sacred ground by the people who live and do business there.

When I saw these pictures and thought of the political storm raging around this issue, I suddenly thought of the Terri Schiavo case. The analogy I'm drawing here is not exact, since more people can be said to have "standing" in the mosque case. But to me, it's just another example of opportunistic politicians sticking their snouts where they don't belong.