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Albert Lea
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2010,1:37 pm |
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QUOTE Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The phrase "under God" can mean something different to members of the approximately 313 religions and denominations in the United States, from monotheists who believe in one God (in the Judeo-Christian and other traditions), to polytheists who believe in many Gods, to others who believe in no God, or a God as represented by animal spirits, alien groups, or psychoactive substances.
http://undergod.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000068
Republicans attack Obama over Muslim center comments
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67E0XC20100815
Our Constitution protects all Religions in the United States.. Why?
QUOTE Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. 
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2010,3:45 pm |
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The Basic Law, in 1992, declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the progeny of King Abd Al Aziz Al Saud. It also declared the Qur'an as the constitution of the country, governed on the basis of Islamic law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
Saudi Arabia has one religion: 100% Muslim
I prefer to live in a country that has freedom of religion.. Amen! 
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2010,8:39 pm |
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Timothy McVeigh was convicted of detonating a truck bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people. It was the deadliest act of terrorism within the United States prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Timothy McVeigh's only known political affiliations were his voter registration with the Republican Party of New York when he lived in Buffalo, New York, and a membership in the National Rifle Association while in the military.
Throughout his childhood, he and his father were Roman Catholic and regularly attended daily Mass at Good Shepherd Church in Pendleton, New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh
What would citizens of Oklahoma City think of a Catholic Church being built within two blocks of Ground Zero/Alfred P. Murrah Building?
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Glad I Left
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2010,9:03 pm |
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I get where you are coming from ALC, but I don't think McVeigh bombed the Murrah building in the name of a religion, unlike the 9/11 douche bags.
Not that I disagree with your assessment of protecting 1st amendment rights.
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After we screw up health care reform, let's take on the initiative of unscrewing the education system (gov't education)
Tacitus: (c. 56 AD-c. 117) "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates."
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: Aug. 15 2010,11:19 pm |
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Trust me, I was heated as hell when I heard about a mosque being built near Ground Zero.
Then I thought that if our government denied American Muslims the freedom that this country was built on, then the radical kooks won and we lost a fundamental right.. If President Obama would have said anything other than what he did, it would only give the radical kooks all the more propaganda to say that the US was at war with all muslims.
McVeigh was a radical kook that was a malitia movement sympathizer that sought revenge against the federal government for the Waco Siege and the protection of the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_movement
I have a problem with any kind of radical kook that wants to commit crimes against the innocent.
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Albert Lea
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Posted on: Aug. 16 2010,3:44 pm |
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Republicans Seize 'Ground Zero Mosque' As New Campaign Issue  
http://abcnews.go.com/Politic...&page=2
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Posted on: Aug. 16 2010,7:58 pm |
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I think that if New York stands behind what freedom of living in our country means, it could be a lose-lose situation for America. It's clear that the majority of Americans don't want a mosque built so close to where nearly three thousand people lost their lives over a radical religious attack on the US.
If they allow it to be built, the radicals will claim victory and if it's disallowed, they will claim to the world that the United States hates muslims. Neither of which is wholly true.
Why the majority of muslims don't back off and realize how polarized this is tearing the few fibers that hold a couple of religions together is what I don't understand.
QUOTE "The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," said Jim Manley, a Reid spokesman. "Senator Reid respects that, but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else."
I'm going with the statement Reid's office released. I don't understand why it is so important to build it in that location? (well, maybe I have a good idea based on historical data) But then, if they said tomorrow that they would move the location a couple blocks further away, would that be good enough? Probably not.
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Actually my wife is especially happy when my google check arrives each month. Thanks to douchbags like you, I get paid just for getting you worked up. -Liberal
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