Reply #54: I'm curious, is there any kind of exit polling on the reasons people voted the way they did? [View All]

[riderinthestorm]

Switzerland is a tourist area that relies heavily on it's "medieval" look. Many old cities have architectural planning commissions that won't allow certain kinds of buildings to be built in order to preserve the area's history/culture/look/ambience/commercial appeal....

I have no doubt that there was a certain percentage of people who voted against minarets because they are bigoted idiots, but you can't say preservationists had "nothing" to do with this vote. If there's an exit poll that proves your point, I'd love to look at it.

Otherwise dismiss medieval architectural preservationists at your peril. My daugher is a medieval archaeologist, studying for her PhD right now in medieval achaeology - they are a fanatic bunch and any resistance to a modern mosque complete with minaret would have absolutely zero to do with religion.