Wow, this thread really went off the rails. We've got people slamming America, Christianity, Whites, Blacks, slavery, Northerners, bigots, Obama, and lil' ol' me.
Sorry Ten, but you've been on Ignore for over half a year... this post of yours that I only saw because so many people quoted it is a good example of
why you're on Ignore.
Let's put the shoe on the other foot. Nevermind legality, since I never said it should be
illegal... let's consider if it would be wise, prudent and considerate to put:
-A Branch Davidian church next door to the OKC Murrah building site, or a memorial honoring Tim McVeigh.
-A memorial honoring Custer on main street in an Indian Reservation.
-a Shinto Shrine to Hirohito at Pearl Harbor, even though Hirohito didn't really run Japan and didn't give the order to attack.
-A Confederate War Memorial next door to Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam Headquarters.
-a KKK meeting hall across the street from the NAACP headquarters.
Legality aside, none of these choices would be wise, prudent or considerate. Neither is building a mosque next door to the site of the fallen Towers.
In the US freedom of religion is so important it was framed specifically in the Constitution. If we start discriminating against Muslims, based on a fear of the extremists, the terrorists have won.
Should we stop letting Catholic and Christian churches be built within 2 bocks of abortion clinics and hospitals that preform abortions because the victims of Christian extremists mite be offended?
We as a country need to stop worrying about who gets offended by people exorcising freedoms protected directly under our Constitution.
Seems to me we will have a much bigger problem when we are no longer allowed to be offended. Much like the religious leader who was arrested in England for saying homosexuality is a sin.
I never said it should be illegal or forbidden, just that I didn't think it was a good idea. I also said that what with all this
sensitivity we're supposed to show for everyone
else, it would be nice if someone returned the favor for once.