Obama's support for Ground Zero Mosque

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I've heard that it's sometimes hard to leave Scientology once you become a member. They will sometimes harrass people and make their life miserable if they try to leave the group.

I hope Riot isn't a Scientology apologist. If she is, she'll probably call me a Scientology-phobe.

i know if you leave the mormon religion, you've pretty much severed ties with family and friends. but, it's better than dead.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i know if you leave the mormon religion, you've pretty much severed ties with family and friends. but, it's better than dead.

There are quite a few Mormons in the town I live (I know quite a few), and that's not true here in the least. Maybe they are not "real" Mormons.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

There are quite a few Mormons in the town I live (I know quite a few), and that's not true here in the least. Maybe they are not "real" Mormons.

i just know what i've read and seen in the past. may not be so much a case elsewhere, but in salt lake city and the surrounding environs, it's very much the way it is. i've seen former mormons talking about it, most recently when i finally watched bill maher's religulous.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i just know what i've read and seen in the past. may not be so much a case elsewhere, but in salt lake city and the surrounding environs, it's very much the way it is. i've seen former mormons talking about it, most recently when i finally watched bill maher's religulous.

I think there are (obviously, as with all other religions) different sects, church groups, followers, that don't take some things literally, etc. Not all Baptist, Lutheran, Christian, Catholic church groups are the same.

Excerpt from Bob Cesca today, in HuffPost, "The Summer of Republican Race-Baiting" Discusses Obama as Muslim, Shirley Sherrod, anchor babies, and:

The Park51 community center.

The Republicans are making another attempt to brand September 11th. But this time, there's a bonus racial component emerging in the usual anti-Muslim fear-mongering. A considerable number of American Muslims happen to be black, so not only does the Park51 issue serve to tweak jingoistic and religious bellicosity, but it also tosses African Americans into the mix.

The most obvious example of the latter is the disgusting video footage of an African American carpenter (who happens to be working on the new 1 World Trade Center tower) being accosted by a mob of screaming white protesters outside the old Burlington Coat Factory building. His trespass? He apparently seemed Muslim-ish to the crowd -- even after he shouted, "I'm not even Muslim!" I suppose his choice of a white Under Armour hat and his, you know, blackness screamed "evildoer." As we all know, Under Armour is a major supplier of popular sportswear and radical Islamic headgear. Hating America for its freedom requires fabric that wicks moisture (feel free to use that in your next commercial, Under Armour).