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Herman Cain: Communities have right to ban mosques
ap ^ | Jul 17, 2011 | BRUCE SCHREINER

Posted on 07/17/2011 5:53:53 PM PDT by george76

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques.

Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the former Godfather's Pizza CEO said protests and legal challenges to a planned mosque in Tennessee city are an example of local residents pushing back.

Cain said his view doesn't amount to religious discrimination because he says Muslims are trying to inject Shariah law into the U.S.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: cain; districtofcolumbia; hermancain; islam; islamicmosques; mosques; newyork; ohio; shariah; shariahlaw; tennessee
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1 posted on 07/17/2011 5:53:56 PM PDT by george76
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I think we have a definite right to oppose a clear and present danger in our communities.


2 posted on 07/17/2011 5:56:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: george76

OK, when can I vote for this guy, and how far do I have to drive to do it?


3 posted on 07/17/2011 5:57:58 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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To: george76

BUMP for great justice!


4 posted on 07/17/2011 5:57:58 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: george76

I disagree with the legal principle of incorporation which makes the Constitution apply to states. I don’t believe a state has to guarantee religious liberty, or any other kind of liberty, just because the Constitution of the US says so. The US Constitution should apply to the federal government alone.

That is my take on Cain’s take.


5 posted on 07/17/2011 5:58:07 PM PDT by impimp
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To: george76

Thanks, Herman. I wish more candidates would say this.

We separate church and state; the Musims unite it, and are therefore inherently seditious. We might be able to tolerate a Muslim religious population of minor amounts, which we should keep that way by discouraging immigration. But, we should not encourage grand mosques which act as political and military indoctrination centers.


6 posted on 07/17/2011 5:58:31 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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I’ve been meaning to donate to Cain for a while. This has spurred me to do it. I agree with Michael Savage that Islam is more a political and economic philosophy than a religion.


7 posted on 07/17/2011 6:03:48 PM PDT by Kipp
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To: impimp
The lone requirement to be a US citizen is the unconditional adoption of the American creed. To grant freedom to others and demand it for yourself - to be neither slave nor slave-holder.

Adoption of the Muslim "faith" (more like Borg allegiance) is anathema to the American creed. one must adopt one or the other.

I applauded Herman Cain's understanding of this principal. I remain blessed with at least four attractive candidates; Palin, West, Bachmann and Cain.

8 posted on 07/17/2011 6:03:55 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Excuse me - gotta go drain the Obama...)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

The US Government is arm in arm with radical islam through toleration of the brotherhood and CAIR, of allowing monies from overseas to flow to certain causes, and unchecked immigration and allowing training camps on our soil. If they just stopped all these things it would buy us decades more of religious freedom.


9 posted on 07/17/2011 6:04:11 PM PDT by omega4179
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~After reading the article, Cain’s argument still is not clear to me. They devoted more space to the rebuttal of a local politician than they did to Cain’s remarks. Is Cain saying that a community can abrogate property rights (a Muslim using his property as he sees fit) or abrogate the actual practice of Islam? Or is he saying that a community has the right to ban the application of Shariah law?


10 posted on 07/17/2011 6:07:24 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Kipp

Who am I to vote for, Herman Cain or Lt. Col. West?

Both of them have blown off the muzzies, devil may care! They make me proud to be American.

Decisions, decisions!


11 posted on 07/17/2011 6:10:29 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Deport Muslims. Nuke Mecca. Death to Islam. Freedom for mankind.")
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To: george76
Islam never was a religion but a political way of life masquerading as a religion. Does anyone dare compare it to a true religion

Mosques, Islamic centers they are nothing more than terror hideouts in the US preparing for the soft tyranny of takeover one day.

To allow these moooslims to build them all over at will usually with overseas money is like allowing the nazis to build bases anywhere they choose. Its crazy.

12 posted on 07/17/2011 6:11:31 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: Kipp

>>I agree with Michael Savage that Islam is more a political and economic philosophy than a religion.

One could say that about any major religion. That was Nietzsche’s main argument against Christianity.


13 posted on 07/17/2011 6:13:29 PM PDT by oblomov
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Stay the course Herman...people are beginning to appreciate your honest and direct approach.


14 posted on 07/17/2011 6:14:53 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Festina Lente)
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To: oblomov

I read it to me its specific to the proposed Murpheesboro mosque.seems the locals think the Mosque will do more than preach the muzzie gospel. It will be interesting to see how this all turns out.


15 posted on 07/17/2011 6:17:50 PM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: george76

If municipalities have the authority to approve/disapprove any other building, they have the same authority over a mosque. Let ‘em rent an empty big-box store.


16 posted on 07/17/2011 6:18:21 PM PDT by Tax-chick (When politicians are "civil," the Republic is threatened.)
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'Stephen Fotopulos, executive director of the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, said Cain's comments "demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of the U.S. Constitution."'

My @$$!!!! Hermain Cain is showing the same common sense as our founding fathers - who knew the difference between strictly a religion and a poltical-sovereign-religion.

I wonder if Fotopoulos can tell us what happened to the "Church of England" in the 13 colonies after American independence?

You see, the "Church of England" included an oath of political allegiance to the King in their "religion" and their clergy were not only required to take that oath, but also required to lead the congregation in the same oath at all church services.

Our founding fathers would have none of that and the Church of England congregations that would not change their religion to reflect republican values (becoming the Episcopal Church) were forced to flee the country.

The Left is again showing their ignorancy or dishonesty.

17 posted on 07/17/2011 6:24:40 PM PDT by drpix
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To: george76

bumper stickers https://store.hermancain.com


18 posted on 07/17/2011 6:25:15 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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To: impimp

Islam isn’t just a religion - it is many other things as well: political movement, terrorist organization, supporter of terrorists, quasi-military organization, legal system, economic system, etc., etc.

For these reasons Islam cannot be treated with the same respect and receive the same government protection as if it were solely a religious organization. To do so is to extend government protection to a terrorist organization whose goals are to commit genocide, overthrow the government and force citizens to live under the rules and laws of Islam.


19 posted on 07/17/2011 6:27:17 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: george76; All

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Hear Allen West explain eloquently WHY Muslims are a danger to America in this short video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkGQmCZjJ0k

We need a place for both Cain and this man in the new Republican administration in 2012.

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20 posted on 07/17/2011 6:27:17 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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