Can America ban islam ... or the construction of mosques ... or the erection of minarets ... and still be America?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
What's "religion"? Who gets to define it? Who gets to say them "nay"? What does the "free exercise" of religion mean? How is this to be enforced? What may individuals and organizations do on their own private property?
The Swiss can do what they like in Switzerland. It’s their country. May I propose another question?
Can America ban islam ... or the construction of mosques ... or the erection of minarets ... and still be America?
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Yes.
Islam is treason, which competes with the Constitution.
The short answers to your post #5 are easy to derive.
America is a nation of sovereign citizens. All have agreed with Washington that “the Constitution is sacredly obligatory on all”.
Muslims are forbidden by their Koran from becoming Americans. Therefore, Islam, being antithetical to and irreconcilable with America, can lawfully be banned from America.
I can believe in the Church of the Holy Duracell Bunny. Nothing in the bunny contradicts the Constitution.
However, were I to claim a belief in the Great Cannibal, and believe that the Great Cannibal commands me to eat my neighbor without his permission - then my religious belief would require my being banished from America.
Islam Delenda Est - because they WILL make us play Cowboys & Muslims.
By today’s standards the Ku Klux Klan is a religious organization.
Yet we go after them cause they are a murderous organization.
We need to treat the muslims likewise