Quinn doesn't support mosque near ground zero

SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says he's against building a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City.

Quinn on Wednesday compared building the Muslim center to disrupting the peace at Auschwitz or Pearl Harbor, the sites of other tragedies. Quinn says there should be "a zone of solemnity" around ground zero.

He did not address how this squares with existing plans to rebuild offices on the site and conduct commercial activity there.

Quinn faces GOP candidate Bill Brady in the November election. Brady on Tuesday wouldn't give an opinion on whether he supports or opposes the mosque site. Brady did say he hopes "sensitive minds will deal with this in a sensible way."