What are we becoming as a nation? In the past several years…we have attempted to force-feed political correctness into our society to the point of absurdity…..We have heard the word tolerance shouted from the housetops since the events of 9/11…..only to later find out that tolerance came with a few caveats….It seems that in reality, tolerance is NOT to be shown to everyone.....especially not toward those on the right...or to those who happen to be Christians. In fact...many times, when a Christian, or someone on the right….speaks out against something that they feel very strongly about….there is suddenly NO tolerance shown toward them. Instead they are quickly labeled as “Hate-mongers”…… ”Racists”…..”Islamophobes”…..or often as just plain “Ignorant”.
Of course, on the other hand….if a group of ILLEGAL immigrants decide to stage a protest, to point out how they are being treated unfairly in the workplace…..or if a group of Muslims stage a protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan….and in doing so, these groups decide to make a statement by publicly burning an American flag…..that’s perfectly fine…..and as “Good Americans” and Christians…..we are supposed to say “Well it’s their Constitutional right to burn that flag”…..and let it go. (As a side note….If you believe the ILLEGAL immigrant part….then let me say this…..”If they are here ILLEGALLY….they don’t have that right….because those rights belong to citizens….If they are here ILLEGALLY, they are not citizens….they are criminals”) Often....those who are first in line to "fight" for these people's right to burn that flag....are also the first in line to criticize anyone who offers a different opinion...Where's their tolerance?.....They are often the same left-wing, nut-jobs who....when someone decides to urinate or defecate on a painting of Jesus and call it “art”……they say…”Well, It’s freedom of expression…and they have that right”…….and all the while, as they are beaming with pride over their public showing of tolerance....they telling the Christians to shut up or be labeled as "intolerant" of others......
So it seems that here in America, “freedom of speech and expression” are virtually unlimited…..as long as you are not a Christian…..do not lean to the right politically….are not protesting against an abortion clinic....or you are not against the building of a Muslim mosque within 3 blocks of the site where Muslim terrorists attacked The World Trade Center…..(The word that comes to mind here is “duplicitous”)
Of course….then you have some idiotic, moron of a “pastor”…in Gainesville, Florida….who wants to burn a Qur’an. While I am completely and unequivocally against what he and his church are planning on doing……let me ask this question….”Do they not have the same rights and the same ’freedom of speech and expression’ as everyone else?” I only ask that since, to the best of my knowledge, the State Department hasn’t spoken out recently against ILLEGAL immigrants burning American flags….or even against Muslims building a mosque near the site of the Muslim terrorist attacks on The World Trade Center…..However....Hillary Clinton praised those who have spoken out against this idiot pastor saying….."Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. Many of you know that in 1790, George Washington wrote to a synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, that this country will give 'to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance'"……Hillary, are you actually going to talk about “religious tolerance”….and in the same breath condemn this moronic pastor? As ignorant and wrong as he might be, does he not deserve the same religious tolerance as the Muslims that he is obviously offending? Let me see if I understand this….we as good American Christians…..have to tolerate anything that Muslims demand…For example....in certain U.S. cities, Muslims who take a job as a cashier in a supermarket, can refuse to scan pork products…..In Minneapolis, Muslim cab drivers can refuse to pick someone up, if they are carrying a bottle of alcohol (not open and drinking it….just carrying it home after they have bought it)….These same cab drivers can refuse to allow anyone in their cab who is traveling with a dog….even IF it is a seeing-eye or service dog…..The list goes on and on….but I think you see where I’m going with this. It seems that Christians are called upon to tolerate anyone and everything…..BUT….they cannot have an opinion....or speak out against anything....for fear of being labeled intolerant. Some time back...I wrote about a despicable, hate-filled man named Fred Phelps (I refuse to give him the title of pastor)….and the members of his Westboro Baptist Church. If you recall....they are the ones who show up at the funerals of soldiers, carrying signs that say things like....“Thank God for I.E.D.’s” and “Your Son Is Burning In Hell”. I believe that they are wrong....and that there is no excuse for that type of behavior….I also believe God looks at that and is grieved…..but even as wrong as it is…..they DO have that right.
As far as I’m concerned…..here’s what it comes down to……..
Yes….Muslims have a right to build a mosque anywhere they want….. including in the crater where the World Trade Center once stood (if they could buy the land)
Yes….American citizens have the right to burn an American flag….(Americans NOT ILLEGAL immigrants)
Yes….Fred Phelps and his group of hate-filled heathens from Westboro Baptist Church….have the right to show up at the funerals of soldiers and carry signs that say all manner of offensive things
AND……Yes....the idiot pastor from Gainesville, Florida and his congregation…..have the right to burn a Qu’ran
However, let me add this…….Someday we will all stand before our Creator…..and at that point He will have the right to judge each of us for what we have done to one another while here on this earth…..So keeping that in mind….remember that while we all might have the right to do a lot of things….it doesn’t necessarily make it right....and someday we will have to answer to the One who knows the difference. Feel free to disagree with me....after all, you have the right to be wrong. Then Again….That’s Just Me
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