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To: detritus

False. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, meaning you can worship green peas if you would care to, and nobody can stop you. It does not guarantee that you can do so in any place you wish. (For instance, I highly doubt your neighbors would appreciate your turning your home into the great church of the lovely green peas, congregation 500). There are zoning restrictions and, lately, the delicate sensibilities of others (hence no prayer before football games, no “Merry Christmas” greetings, no nativities or menorahs in public places, etc) which serve to restrict not how you worship, but where. Those of the muslim faith do not need to or deserve to be accorded any more rights than are accorded the Christians (such as the Greek Orthodox church which was already in place and destroyed by 9/11, and has been given the run around in trying to get rebuilt for 9 years now, St. Nicholas) and Jews who comprise the vast majority of this great country. They can either deal with it, or go back where they came from, where they can build mosques (but no other house of worship) wherever they wish.


77 posted on 08/18/2010 8:27:37 AM PDT by VRWCer (“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, W Churchill)
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To: VRWCer
The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, meaning you can worship green peas if you would care to, and nobody can stop you.

Absolutely false.

Regardless of your religion you can't marry a 10 year-old, beat your wife, practice slavery, impose your beliefs on others, attempt to overthrow the government, etc. The same holds true for freedom of speech. If these were absolute freedoms we would have anarchy.

97 posted on 08/18/2010 9:17:33 AM PDT by Ford4000
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