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Originally Posted by DAII
We can argue about the Constitutionality of a million issues in the past but this one is CLEAR CUT. We expect the office to uphold the Constitution and in this case it does and the zealots go bananas.
Now the litmus test is what others do - the Germans, the Japanese, et al and our "emotions".
We're not the French! Remember that argument?
Perhaps we should re-examine the Churches built near Indian reservations and near massacre grounds in order to Christianize the "savages"?
If this were a Church being rejected by our nation's leader on the Trail of Tears because it is not "wise" to offend ...? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Really? Don't argue for "strict constructionism" any more when the next Supreme Court appointee rolls around when the President uses it to guide his opinion ... because you don't give a rat's lass' tail about the Constitution.
All this talk about betrayal and our mores .... where were the kool-aid drinkers when the last Christian President lied to us and said we needed to nation build because some non-religious despot had WMDs while committing our troops to bloodshed, killing of innocents under the banner of "collateral damage" and betraying the trust we've worked so hard to garner from our allies? ....
Your brand of constitutionalism only applies to your asinine agendas.
Timlan nailed it when he remarked on FB today ... about the Christian "right" who would mix their Christianity and spiritualize politics like any radical Islamic fundamentalist ...
"Oh yeah, the right is like a bunch of greased pigs on this one. You can't pin them down. Someone was saying that "Saudi Arabia does not allow churches" so we should shut down mosques. Yeah, that's what we should aspire to, I guess, being a fundamentalist religious theocracy instead of a constitutional republic. Great logic."
Liberty is not a la carte.
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Sorry but I just didn't see it as the president upholding the constitution. I saw it as a case of brown nosing not just to American Muslims but internationally.
Is he equal in his brown nosing? Apparently not when it comes to the boy scouts or the Christians on National Day of Prayer, but it was ok to kiss butt on Ramadan.
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