Hi. My name is Not Raj, which seems to come as a shock to many. This is my first post on The Needle in the Haystack, and I hope it will show you what is in store from me. Let the blogging commence:
Herman Cain of Georgia is aspiring to be a possible presidential candidate for the Republicans.
Herman Cain of Georgia is aspiring to be a possible presidential candidate for the Republicans.
In response to the events taking place in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, wherein a proposed mosque has resulted in protests, legal challenges, and arson, Cain replied, "Yes, [the people of Tennessee] have the right to do that" and even referred to the proposed mosque as an “infringement and an abuse of our freedom of religion" adding it “isn’t an innocent mosque.”
I thought it could not get any worse, until I read the rest of the article. Cain went on to claim that "[The American] Constitution guarantees separation of church and state. Islam combines church and state…[Opponents] objecting to the fact that Islam is both a religion and a set of laws," Cain said of the opponents.
First of all, this mosque is supposedly an “infringement” on freedom of religion, but certainly both denying Muslims the right to establish a mosque and claiming, without basis that they are terrorists is not an infringement at all. Really Cain? And you want to run this country?
And further, if simply establishing a mosque means that this goes against rules of “separation of church and state” then maybe Christians should not be allowed to have churches in America either. Or maybe state-instituted Catholic schools should not be established. But that is just as ridiculous.
Just like everyday Muslims do not practice Sharia Law, everyday Christians do not go around stoning adulterers or anything else of the like mentioned in the Bible, which arguably has it’s own “set of laws” that would equally “offend” the separation of church and state.
Just like everyday Muslims do not practice Sharia Law, everyday Christians do not go around stoning adulterers or anything else of the like mentioned in the Bible, which arguably has it’s own “set of laws” that would equally “offend” the separation of church and state.
Additionally, just an afterthought, you would think someone like Cain, whose ancestors and people have faced centuries of oppression, hatred, and stereotyping, you would think he might be more sympathetic to other groups now facing similar struggles and issues.
All I can say is let alone a possible presidential candidate, I cannot understand how someone like this is any position of political power at all.
Fuming,
My Name is Not Raj.
This blog post is written in response to the story found here:
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