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Posted on 01/08/2010 6:18:55 AM PST by MestaMachine
Mesta Rocks!!!
Islamburg is not too far away from us to the north.
Haven’t read this thread for a couple of days and CAN NOT believe how far from the original intent it has strayed!
I thought the idea of selecting and electing conservatives was an important issue. As Rush says, “Conservatism works every time it’s tried.”
I didn’t read each and every post because frankly I couldn’t understand how the twisted remarks I did read applied to the thread. They were not thought provoking and bordered on hateful, IMHO.
MM...I am so sorry you’ve had to defend yourself and others that contributed so much and care so much about our country. I like the expression *lead, follow or get out of the way*. Lead on.
islam is not even mentioned in post #8
You said count you out. We said okay. Get out. Okay?
BTW. Are you a man or a woman?
ROFLLLLLLL!!!!!
Nor do they give a rat’s @** about our Constitution except to use it as a soapbox in a trial. We defend their religious rights?! Give me a BIG freakin’ break. They decapitate us for our’s.
Exactly.
I have never seen a mosque that wasn’t a huge complex.
:-D
Here's another:
The Centers for Disease Control said a passenger with tuberculosis has been detained after boarding a flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco despite being on a "do-not-board" list.
Wrong! We are not defending Islam, we are defending the Constitution, specifically the First Amendment guarantee of Religious Liberty. I could give a damn about Islam and quite frankly I have stated on several posts my distain for Islamic teachings. Neverthless, the First Amendment guarantees people the right to be wrong and the right to espouse teachings that Americans in general might find both offensive and intolerable. At least one poster on this thread made the suggestion that the Constitution was not designed to protect the rights of non-Judeo Christian religions.
If we expect Muslims to tolerate the rights of Christians in countries in which they are the majority, then we cannot advocate that this country, in which the Muslims are the minority must be the target of religious intolerance, even if the Islamic religion itself is intolerant.
The first amendment does not state that only those religions which were prominent in the United States in 1789 will be "tolerated". If that were the case, then Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and nearly all non-denominational Christian Churches would be given second class status under the First Amendment. The Founders were well aware of the dangers of Islamic teachings, yet they did not take their fear to the point where they made an exception to the First Amendment for Islam. They espoused the principle that in order to be a truly free people, we must be willing to tolerate some ideas and beliefs that run counter to what we as Americans believe and what we as Americans stand for.
We do not need to become like the Muslims in order to keep our Republic. They can believe in their idea of an American Islamic Utopia and I am not threatened by that belief as I have faith that Americans will reject such a concept outright and they don't need any help from THE STATE to accomplish that rejection. Our Republic is not in danger from the Muslims. It is in danger from do-gooder Statists who want to use the power of Government to turn this nation into a Socialist Utopia. Right now nearly 50% of Americans are on the verge of buying into that notion and yet we have Freepers advocating that the Nanny State protect us from the ideas of Muslims, who make up less than 1% of the population of this country and of those I suspect that only about 1% want to see it turned into the Islamic Paradise that you guys are all panicking about to the point where you are willing to toss the First Amendment under the bus and give the State the power to determine which religions are going to be protected by the First Amendment and which are not.
If I haven't made myself clear, let me know and I'll be more than happy to post another dissertation.
PETN was the undie bomber’s destruction of choice
You cannot refute anything I posted about Islam, can you.
Islam does not recognize YOUR constitution, nor does it recognize YOUR laws.
It only recognizes its own.
IF you are going to claim Islam is a religion, which it is not, and allow it under ‘freedom of religion’, then you have to allow for their beliefs and practices.
So you are going on the record here saying that you are okay with Muslims owning slaves, raping women, commiting murder of Christians, etc etc?
That IS what you are saying by the way.
Sorry, I meant post #4.
You said count you out. We said okay. Get out. Okay?
Does that mean that whatever political movement you are advocating is one in which an integral part of the platform is going to be the prohibiting of the building of Mosques in America?
BTW. Are you a man or a woman?
Yes.
That's great Lady! What religion are you defending?
We're trying to stop a theocracy from getting a bigger foothold in the US like it has in europe.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2423796/posts?page=342#342
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2423796/posts?page=347#347
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2423796/posts?page=355#355
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2423796/posts?page=356#356
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2423796/posts?page=361#361
mmmmkay.
Are you a man?
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