Constitutional Islam

So because of the idiots in other countries that butcher Christians, we should deprive muslims here legally of practicing their religion freely?

No one in their right mind thinks we should allow butchering here. But do you really think, LE, that evangelical Christians are in the majority now? Even if we are, do you really think that there won't be a time when another group, religion, etc. is in the majority? As soon as they gain it, they will use the very laws we enacted to restrict freedoms to suppress Christians.

If a muslim is practicing his/her faith, of course we can know some things:

• They don't know Christ, and are headed for hell.
• They are supporting a religion rife with terroristic folk.
• They are supporting a religion that is involved with strife all over the globe.

I'll give you those things, and yes, those are disconcerting (#1 far above the others).

But until a muslim, carrying out his faith, violates the rights of another American, we have NO RIGHT to supress that person's freedom of religious expression.

To suggest otherwise is scary to me. And I'm extremely conservative...close to libertarian in some areas.

 

You are spot on. If the U.S. constitution does not protect the rights of Muslims legally in the United States, then it really doesn't' protect the rights of evangelical Christians, either. Our rights would be based on the dictates of the majority and based on the protection of men, not law.

 

Amen. An individual should be judged by his character, not the character of another person or of a group - by his character, not his religious profession.

 

1) The U.S. constitution protects anyone legally within our borders.

2) I would not support such an amendment.

 

I totally disagree with the OP.

The practice of Islam is protected by the first amendment.

It always has been protected by the first amendment. It is not something new.

I am not aware of anyone wanting to give Muslim immigrants special status.

There should not be, nor is there any need for, a constitutional amendment banning Sharia Law.

 

No. The U.S. constitution is the supreme law of the land and, therefore, it covers everyone here legally.

There are lots of people living here legally who are not citizens.

 

The U.S. Congress has not declared war. We are in police actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

We use the term "war" rather loosely in this country. But legally, we are not currently in a state of war. We haven't been since World War II.

 

1) Then provide the legal precedent where people living here legally were not given the protections of the U.S. constitution.

2) Nope.

 

Japanese Americans, WW2. When at war, things change. We are not at war even though we are told so by the president, media, and others. There is no war on terror. If there was really a war on terror, things would have changed. By the time most people realize we really are asleep at the war that has been declared on us, it will be too late.

 

Which was a violation of the U.S. constitution for which the U.S. government has apologized and made monetary restitution for, to the tune of $1.6 billion to 82,250 people.

 

You might want to read that amendment again.

"nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."