Herman Cain says voters across the country should have the right to prevent Muslims from building mosques in their communities.

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows freedom of religion, yet even those who are the most unabashedly religious are capable of openly expressing religious intolerance.

I don’t seek to excuse religious intolerance practiced by some from the political left, but since I’m on the political right, I’m more sensitive to broad-brush criticisms of the political right being dominated by narrow-minded Bible-thumpers. Personally, I don’t think that belief in the Bible makes me or anyone else narrow-minded. I think the perception of narrow-mindedness more likely springs from politically active religious persons who publicly demonize other religious persuasions.

You already know the prime example of what I’m talking about even before I say it, don’t you? In case you don’t, Exhibit A would have to be Christian conservatives that demonize the Muslim religion. A common refrain is that our nation was founded upon Judeo-Christian values. I know that the nation’s founders were religious, and I know that their sense of morals and ethics are the bedrock from which they conceived the framework for our laws and Constitution, but must we frame the nation’s history in such a way as to be exclusionary toward religions that aren’t identified as Jewish or Christian?

Delusions of waving a scimitar over your head while charging toward White folks wielding broad swords makes amusing cinema but does little to address the real concerns of a planet grappling with what this new century offers.

By Mendy Hecht It’s pretty easy to explain both sides of the Gaza conflict.  The Israeli side: “Every country has the right to defend itself.”  The Muslim Arab side: “We are freedom fighters striking back against oppression and occupation and we are fighting to liberate our homeland.”  But who’s right?  Whose land is it?  Whose [...]

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