Money quote from a leader of the Tea Party, Mark Williams regarding the building of a mosque near the site of the twin towers —
“The monument would consist of a Mosque for the worship of the terrorists’ monkey-god (repeat: “the terrorists’ monkey-god.” if you feel that fits a description of Allah then that is your own deep-seated emotional baggage not mine, talk to the terrorists who use Allah as their excuse and the Muslims who apologize for and rationalize them) and a “cultural center” to propagandize for the extermination of all things not approved by their cult.”
But remember — they’re not racist, oh no, no, no, no, no.
I’m not a religious person, but I show respect to people’s beliefs as long as they’re not trying to pass laws enforcing their religious views on others or killing people.
And yes, there are extremists in the Muslim faith, and the Christian faith, and the Jewish faith. Right now a small group of crazy ass people have taken their religion — Islam — for a ride. There are also billions of people who worship their gods, and don’t kill people. Bottom line, fundamentalism of any stripe is not good.
