Wall St
Journal:
- The latest battle of religion in the public square is unfolding in Dearborn, Michigan, a city with one of the highest Muslim populations in the country.
This is the same ACLU chapter that in 2005 objected to a high-school wrestling coach saying a prayer with his team before meets, calling the action "inherently coercive." And the ACLU of Michigan is already on the defensive for its non-action this time. In a letter explaining its silence regarding university footbaths, the ACLU notes that it "has often come to the defense of other religions when the state has attempted to interfere with their religious expression." The letter even includes a list of cases in which the group has defended Christian clients. Too bad none of the examples prove much of a parallel to the current recusal over state recognition of a religious practice.
I have relatives in the Dearborn area, which has a huge Muslim population, as does the rest of the Illinois/Michigan area.
They tell me about endless harassment lawsuits by local muslims, that object to traditional Christian expressions of faith in schools, businesses, and government, like nativity scenes at Christmastime... while simultaneously pushing for their own islamic expressions of faith in public and private offices.
Again: We are a society founded on Christian principles (four mentions of God in the Declaration of Independence, and one "in the year of our lord" in the U.S. Constitution, as well as expressions by virtually all the founding fathers in their writings that teaching of Biblical principles was intended and "essential" to the health of American democracy) the lack of which they firmly believed doomed all previous attempts at democracy to failure.
What the ACLU advocates is, while we are at war with radical islam, the equilvalent of opening up chapters of Hitler Youth and Japanese Bushido in the U.S., while they simultaneously try to shut down any institutions that positively reinforce the stability of our own culture.
Muslims moved to our country and should be, as a condition of immigration, be expected to assimilate to OUR culture, not we to theirs. Otherwise they should go back to their islamic nations, where their true loyalties are.
