[Tall_Texan]

Ask yourself this, if you went to one of their countries and decided to pray as a Christian or Jew in public, hoe long do you think your head would stay attached to your shoulders?

Not relevant. They are in our country, not the other way around. Their intolerance should be no excuse for ours. Otherwise, I'd have the right to chop off the hands of theives or cut out the sex organs of adulterers.

I accept that stadium security had a legitimate interest because of the potential terror threat. If it was a threat, they should have gone to them as they were praying, waited for them to finish then ask them then and there what they were doing rather than haul them out of their seats long after they had left the vented area.

[BlueStateDepression]

"Their intolerance should be no excuse for ours."

Their intolerance as exhibited is exactly WHY these folks got questioned. The difference between them and us is the fact they were questioned and not beheaded.

[BlueStateDepression]

"If it was a threat, they should have gone to them as they were praying, waited for them to finish then ask them then and there what they were doing rather than haul them out of their seats long after they had left the vented area."

Could it be that it took some time to get the information to the people who make the decisions, and then some more time for them to review video of that area so they just didn't go detain these folks on someone's word alone?

A ducks in a row thing?

[Eagles Talon IV]

Gone to them as they were praying? Well perhaps they weren't notified until after they stopped praying.

Here's a clue. Not everyone has the same rights in all situations. The Constitution is not, after all, a suicide document and prudence is always in order when dealing with what MIGHT be radical scumbags who thing it perfectly acceptable to slaughter innocent men, women and children in the name of their f'd up Deity.

As far as I'm concerned and I would bet 90% of Americans, these people NEVER EVER get the benefit of the doubt.