NovemberRevolution2010

 
 
As the news breaks that the Ground Zero Imam has been tied to another Muslim leader who is a Truther, I am not shocked. Truther’s believe that the United States planned and then carried out the attacks on 9/11 for some nefarious reason I nor most others do not know. No one will likely be surprised to hear that the Imam has ties to Islamic leaders who are not moderates as he himself claims to be, and are in fact, fundamentalist.  But what concerns me most is the knee jerk reaction this information has the potential to stir and then promote into actual existence.

For instance, O’Reilly and others have begun demanding that the funding behind the Mosque be researched and forced into the light. My gut reaction to this is absolute agreement. Then my rational side kicks in and says how can we institute such a policy? It would require that any church or non-profit organization that wants to build in the United States openly disclose who or where their funds originate. This is a major violation of our Constitutional rights and before you say, “But if you have nothing to hide, what’s the issue?” Well, you are counting on our government to continue to use these types of laws for only the safety of its citizens.  Problem is…history shows that all it takes is one corrupt leader to get in office and then these laws designed to keep us safe actually begin to do us harm.

Now, if some individual group investigates the Mosque funding and discovers it is linked to radical Islamic organizations or individuals then I’d be the first to support that information being given to the FBI or Homeland Security and further investigated. However, I am leery of allowing our government to try and regulate an area that is supposed to be free from government controls. I mean, the idea of separation of church and state is not a one way street..it’s a two way street. Just as the church should not be allowed to control government or what it does in a democracy or republic, neither should government be able to dictate how a church is run or built.

Please share your thoughts and opinions on what you think is the best thing for us do to in order to safe guard our nation and keep our constitutional rights intact.
 


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