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Thread #131552   Message #2986349
Posted By: Richard Bridge
14-Sep-10 - 03:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: Islamic cultural centre near ground zero
Subject: RE: BS: Islamic cultural centre near ground zero
I quite like the coinage "hypocracy". Is that the government of the hypocritical, by the hypocritical, for the hypocritical?

Nonetheless, I agree with the thrust of what Don says. Unless and until there is no substantial number of US citizens who would treat Muslim people (or Muslim owned or built buildings) differently from Christian people (etc) or Jewish people (etc) then the freedom of religion under the US constitution is illusory.

However, unless and until religions cease to promote the making of laws applicable under civil jurisprudence based on their religious beliefs there is no true separation of church and state. In the UK perhaps the most dangerous example of this is the apparent complacency in the face of the undermining of individuals' legal rights by Sharia law, but in the USA my unscientific belief is that proposals from right-wing fundagelical "christians" are a greater present threat.