[wagglebee]

I can only say this, if we as a nation give the government the right to determine which religions are valid and which religions they will allow to be shut down or silenced then we can be assured that the preaching of the gospel of Christ will soon be on the list of banned religious practices and that fundamentalist Christianity will be one of the first targets of the state, followed by evangelical Christanity and followed thereafter by all denominations that preach the Supremacy of Christ.

I agree.

If the power to regulate religion were granted, orthodox Christianity (be it Protestantism, Catholicism or Orthodoxy) would be the FIRST to go. We would have some sort of "American Christian Church" along the lines of what the Chicoms have and it would be Rev. Wright style socialist humanism.

[MestaMachine]

Wagglebee, if any of those churches preached the violent overthrow of the government, or called for the murders of anyone who disagreed with them, who instructed its men to rape women not of their faith, that would be sedition and incitement. Hence they do not do that. islam does. Every day and in every way.

[DJ MacWoW]

wagglebee, islam is a theocracy. The very thing our founders did not want. Using the guise of religion, they have instituted sharia law in european countries. They will use freedom of religion to do the same here. A theocracy is a community governed by a god or priests. In this case the murderous allah. What kind of freedom do you want to give enemy combatants?