[sweetliberty]

"There is nothing to justify persecuting, peaceful, innocent people for their faith."

But there is also nothing in the Constitution that suggests that we embrace false religions and elevate them to the same level as the faith upon which this country was built. No, we shouldn't persecute the people if they are adhering to the law. They should be treated the same as everyone else. On the other hand, there was once a time we might have been able to claim ignorance of their evil doctrines, but that is starting to change. A child might try in his ignorance to embrace a viper, not knowing the potential peril, but only a fool would try to embrace a viper knowing it had both the ability and the nature to destroy him.

[Jhoffa_]

No, we shouldn't persecute the people if they are adhering to the law. They should be treated the same as everyone else.

Then we are left with nothing to argue about. As I share this same view.

[george wythe]

there is also nothing in the Constitution that suggests that we embrace false religions and elevate them to the same level as the faith upon which this country was built

Are you thinking about:

Mormons
Jehovah's Witnesses
Unitarians
Christian Scientists
Seventh-Day Adventists
Christadelphians
etc?

Help me out here with your list of false religions.

[Amelia]

But there is also nothing in the Constitution that suggests that we embrace false religions and elevate them to the same level as the faith upon which this country was built.

As long as Islam is considered one of the major religions of the world, I think the U.S.A. would have a hard time declaring it a false religion - without perhaps "establishing" a state religion at the same time, in any case.