Posted on 01/02/2016 12:29:37 PM PST by yongin
Do you see religious liberty as under threat in the United States? The debate over Republican candidatesâ comments about Islam reveal how bitterly divided Americans are over how to view a basic right.
For the past few years, several of the biggest and most influential religious groups have made the cause of religious freedom a top priority, saying a crisis is afoot. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Mormon Church and many prominent faith leaders have focused intensely on a campaign for religious liberty, saying that it is threatened by liberalizing changes like gay marriage and expanded access to reproductive services like contraception and abortion.
Massive fundraising and public awareness campaigns have gone on, with slogans coined like the bishopsâ âFortnight for Freedom.â Advocacy groups have been formed or reshaped to focus on education and litigation about the threat to religious liberty.
Yet in the fall, when Republican presidential candidates filled the airwaves with dramatic statements about the rights of Muslims, there has largely been silence. GOP candidate Ben Carson in September said a Muslim âabsolutelyâ couldnât be president. In early November, businessman Donald Trump said he would âabsolutelyâ require a database to track Muslims. Last week former senator Rick Santorum (Pa.) said the constitution does not protect Islam, which âis different from Christianity.â
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Joe won’t play softball, so Bill should cook chili for dinner. Logic, liberal style.
Thank you. You are completely correct.
You are right - Islam is a political system.
However, Islam’s MSM apologists are not only silent when Christians are attacked, they’re likely the ones doing the attacking.
Hypocrite doesn’t begin to describe these pieces of garbage.
Similarly, we hear faked outrage from the Washington Post over suggestions of creating a database with information on people who are likely to be or become Islamic extremists. But that database already exists, and we've got the President proposing to take away peoples 2nd amendment rights if they are on it. Anybody who thinks about it for more than ten seconds knows that existing federal anti terror databases are essentially databases of Muslims, and no doubt include data which lets a user search the database by religion.
Typical WaPo propaganda.
Dear WaPo,
In case you’ve missed it. Islam has been engaged in a war of world conquest since about 660AD. We, the USA, are it’s main target at this time. When one is under attack it’s a fairly good idea to start fighting back.
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