Posted on 08/24/2010 6:04:28 AM PDT by CitizenM
Also add to this list that Mr. Mosque and his wife are travelling all over the world on our dime to preach the wonders of sharia. I’d like for the liberals to tell us where’s that “wall of separation” between mosque and state?
Good vanity..except we are not a democracy. I really wish people would quit refering to USA as a democracy we are not.
I also tend to use the text of the First Amendment in my discussion of this issue.
Congress has passed no laws regarding the “Ground Zero Mosque.” The First Amendment has not been violated.
The First Amendment does not guarantee the right for construction of a building. It only protects the free practice, which logically includes the necessities of said practice. A building is not a necessity in religious practice, so is not protected by the First.
The Constitution is written on a fifth grade reading level. It does not require interpretation. It is clear and concise, unlike legislation passed by Congress today.
Excellent points, though. Just wanted to share my own.
Leftists really need to be confronted with
“You’re a self-styled ‘liberal’ who is trying to use the Freedom of Religion argument in defense of the mosque? That’s laughable. Next you’ll be arguing for private property rights! HA! Let’s go all the way! Let’s hear your adamant defense of 2nd amendment rights!”
I marvel that democrats are stupid enough to support this thing. They are beyond tone deaf; they are running, lemming-like, into the sea.
Liberals don't deal in facts, they deal only in feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings.
Facts mean nothing.
I would say yes, we have a right to express our faith. But first, explain why our President covered all expressions of Christian faith and Jesus when he spoke at Notre Dame?
I know we are a Republic with the Democratic rule of governing. So I said, specifically, "Democracy is still alive in the USA," and "And in this country Democracy is supposed to mean the government acquiesces to the rule of the MAJORITY....Democratic rule ..." Please read that section again. I assure you, that is one of my arguments, too, that people keep calling this a "Democracy."
“The Constitution is written on a fifth grade reading level. It does not require interpretation. It is clear and concise, unlike legislation passed by Congress today.”
The problem is that too many children have graduated from high school without receiving a fifth grade education.
I used to get yelled at in school for trying to remind people we have a REpublican form of government which is a representative govt. Not a mob rule democracy.
Since when has the Left ever been concerned over anyone’s religious rights? These are the same people who took God out of schools, took Christmas from the public square, and prayers from high school football games.
But let’s not stop at religious rights. When has the Left ever been concerned about the Constitution? Everything they propose is unconstitutional.
I’ve had a couple of liberal acquaintances throw that whole freedom of religion thing in my face. They always accuse me of being prejudiced against Islam.
It stops them cold when I say, “You know what I don’t like about Islam? The way they treat women and gays.”
They always look like they swallowed a rotten egg and shut up at that point.
I prefer to use seven letters and a space.
Left wingers have been chipping away at the First Amendment rights for over a decade. It is ironic that they want to employ that rule now, in support of the Islamic center at this location.
Liberals are like people caught in a revolving door...they are always "spinning."
The result is, they pretty much end up looking like the dizzy Nancy Pelosi. who can't make sense of anything because she has been revolving around and around so long in her spin-a-new-lie life.
Point well taken.
Islam isn't a religion. It is a military organization. The first amendment cannot apply to a "religion" that believes in imposing laws suppressing other religions.
ML/NJ
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I am in agreement with that. Thanks for your comment. But that is an issue for another argument. I tried to keep this post on focus about how the Liberals are trying to turn this opposition into a fight about religion (as most view Islam.) That seems to be the focus of left wingers...because they are so stupidly unaware of and insensitive to the real issue.
Love it! Throw it right back at them. Such hypocrites!
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