A friend of mine forwarded an email up in arms because Muslim adherents have been worshipping in the streets outside three NYC mosques because there was no room for them inside. I'm responding to that email:
"A Christian Nation"
This isn't a Christian Nation. This is a nation that includes a lot of Christians, but the nation is secular -- the First Amendment guarantees it!
"cannot put up a Christmas scene of the baby Jesus in a public place,"
but such a scene can be any place somebody wants it, and the owner of the property okays it, providing it is not a government-owned place.
"but the Muslims can stop normal traffic every Friday afternoon by worshiping in the streets... "
This would be wrong whether it is done by Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, Buddhists, etc. The police should clear the sidewalks and the streets. It's not safe, and it's interfering with others just trying to get somewhere. Please notice that the reason that the police haven't done this to non-Muslims is that these religions don't have as many adherents!
"Something is happening in America that is reminiscent of what is happening in Europe. This is Political Correctness gone crazy. "
And what is "happening" in Europe? Way too vague!
"With regard to that one [the proposed mosque near Ground Zero], the "Imam" refuses to disclose where the $110 million dollars to build it is coming from and there is a lawsuit filed to force disclosure of that information."
Why should that info be revealed? Does the Catholic or Episcopal churches reveal such? Yes, it's possible that some nefarious radical group is funding it, but why? They use the money they get for weapons, IUDs, etc.! Unless you think that, once the mosque is built, they'll tunnel from it to Ground Zero -- and do what?
Let me get this straight. It's okay for Christians to "claim" America for God, but it's not all right for other religions to do so for their god? Even though the First Amendment guarantees freedom of and from religion?
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