For the Religionists, Upset by This Week's Supreme Court Ruling on Equality

This applies to Right Wing Christians, Mormons, Islamists, Muslims, Hasidic Jews, all y'all.

You realize you're all in the same figurative boat on this, right?

You get that, right?

America's Right Wing Religious Caliphate

Mrs. Betty Bowers does it again, calling them out for what and who they are.

Your religion? Geographic

Aren't you special?  (click on picture for easier reading)

Quote of the day--on progress

A note to the local, national and international Muslim Community

I just saw this local news online:

Local Muslims petition Obama to restrict 'hate speech'

The article:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - More than 300 local Muslims are petitioning the White House for change.

Members of the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City tell 41 Action News they have good reasons for wanting to limit first amendment rights. They said their petition to ban language that defames, insults or provokes violence has been sparked by a video that has caused outrage across the globe.

From violent attacks, to angry marches, the "Innocence of Muslims" film has encouraged local Muslims to fight for change.

"Insulting somebody else or putting somebody down can insight violence and lead to people losing their lives. We’re trying not to give these people a chance to misbehave," said Mohammed Kohia, who started the petition along with the executive board of the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City.

First things, first here--sure, I'm all for a bit of limitation on true "hate speech." Millions of Jews were killed all across Europe due to the inflammation of this type of speech, sure, as just one example.

But what we're talking about here is limiting our Constitutional right of free speech OR ELSE MUSLIMS WILL KILL THE PEOPLE THEY SEE AS OFFENDERS.

It's patently not the same thing.

This is what happened in the last few days in Bangladesh. (see 2nd link below) Someone reportedly put a picture that offended some followers of the Muslim faith on their own Facebook page so thousands of followers of Mohammed took the law into their own hands and burned down Buddhist Temples and 40 people's homes.

And now, apparently, the local Muslim community wants us to limit our free speech, just so they won't have to--what?--go all crazy on us?

No. No, I don't think so.

It's as I said yesterday out on the internet--the entire, rational, educated, peace-loving Muslim world out there needs to come down squarely on the side of logic, sanity and reason and say that the radical Islamists must not, ever again, kill, maim, torture or otherwise go all looney on people just because they perceive Mohammed was defamed in some way. That, ladies and gentlemen, are what judicial courts are for. No one--no one--is supposed to take the law, immediately, into their own hands, as the radical, terrorist Muslim community has done, repeatedly, time and again, across the world.

We need an end to the terrorism and torture and killing, not an end or limitation of free speech.

So, in response to your request to us to limit our speech?

Oh, hell no.

Links: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/lifestyle/local-muslims-petition-president-obama-to-restrict-freedom-of-speech

http://photos.denverpost.com/2012/10/02/photos-thousands-of-muslims-go-on-rampage-burn-more-than-a-dozen-temples/

Muslims--and the world--need to make clear this is not acceptable

From the Star today:

Bangladeshi Muslims torch Buddhist temples, homes

Check this out:

Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran before authorities restored order.

So let's get this straight.

Thousands--thousands--of people set fire to Buddhist religious buildings--their temples--and homes because there was a picture on Facebook of a burned book.

Right. Got it.

That's logical, right?

Heck no.

All peaceful and peace-loving Muslims, Islamists and followers of their leader, Mohammed, as well as the world, need to make clear to the rest of the world that torching other people's homes and religious buildings and even the murders which have taken place are not acceptable or an option, in any situation.

On the contrary, it's insane. It's psychotic.

If the point is that only 10 to 15 percent of the Muslim world are terrorists, fine but then the rest of the Muslims of the world need to make crystal clear to these lunatics that this is not acceptable and not what Mohammed would have them do.

To remain silent gives these people consent to continue this insanity.

Link: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/30/3840857/bangladesh-muslims-torch-buddhist.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy

On the international Muslim protests

Let's get this straight.

The President and leader of Syria, Bashir Al-Assad, is blowing up Muslim, Islamist Mosques in his country and killing women, children and yes, men, in his country--Muslims, all, in many cases--but the big problem right now in the Muslim world, at least to the radical Muslims, is an obscure, poorly made video on YouTube that no one is watching?

And for that you want to kill US Ambassadors who have helped free the country of Libya and some 3 other people and create violent protests all across the planet?

Seriously?

And you think these are good ideas and that the rest of the free, educated, intelligent world should work with you on this?

Seriously?

Links: http://kcur.org/post/politics-religion-and-power-behind-protests

http://news.yahoo.com/western-embassies-edgy-muslim-anger-film-simmers-000716007.html

Sunday Quote of the Day

"Violence, we believe, has no place in religion and is no way to honor religion.

Islam, like other religions, respects the fundamental dignity of human beings, and it is a violation of that fundamental dignity to wage attacks on innocents. As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace."

--Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, this past week

The world needs to declare a worldwide, 365 day holiday

Apparently the entire free, Western, intelligent and educated, open-minded world is going to have to be on "high alert" for the foreseeable future, on the outside chance that someone, somewhere on this planet makes some unappreciated reference to or about Mohammed.

I say we all, worldwide, declare a 365 day holiday that is "Make Fun of Mohammed" Day until they realize it's not important.

The killing and attacks need to end.

What conclusions is the world to come to about Islamists?

Breaking news yesterday:

Mali: Islamists destroy Timbuktu heritage sites

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamist fighters with ties to al-Qaida have destroyed tombs classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu, a resident and U.N. officials said Saturday.

Here's the question:

There are Islamists and Muslims who strap bombs to themselves, time and again, repeatedly and all over the Middle East, at least, to blow up other, innocent citizens of their own nation, then there are things like this and we--the world--are not supposed to come to a conclusion that they're not psychotic?

It's tough, at least.

They don't do themselves any favors.

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/mali-islamists-destroy-timbuktu-heritage-sites-163915427.html

Muslims killing Muslims

I'll never understand it. In the news headlines today, yet again, unfortunately: Attacks targeting Shiites kill 72 in Iraq

Sunni Muslims killing Shi'a Muslims. No, sorry, I just don't get it. People of the same religion, with some minor twists, killing each other. And brutally killing each other, too, time and again. I'll never understand that one. Making it worse, they're of the same country, too. It's doubly insane, at least. Just to be clear and rather complete, too, I will never understand Catholics and Protestants killing each other, either, so don't start. Links: http://news.yahoo.com/attacks-targeting-shiites-kill-72-iraq-143525409.html; http://www.truth-out.org/attacks-shiites-iraq-kill-least-60/1325773389; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam

It doesn't make it right but we don't know what to think

There's been controversy in Switzerland lately because the voters came out squarely for a ban on minarets on mosques in their country. It seems they don't want to change the "flavor", if you will, of their country.

And while many people have come out against this seeming discrimination, the fact is, the West just doesn't know what to think about Muslims, Islamists, the Muslim religion and Islam.

I'm not condoning any discrimination or racism, let me be clear and firm on that. I'm just saying too many people are confused, if not out and out confused or in fear when it comes to Muslimists and Islamists.

To begin, we just don't understand how anyone could strap bombs onto themselves, walk into a group of their own citizens and blow themselves up.

Secondly, we can't understand any leader of young men (or women), telling those same young people that strapping bombs onto themselves, to blow others up--other innocent civilians--could possibly get them to any "heaven" and/or a "god" (in this case, Allah) and then, that they get to spend a heavenly eternity with 71 virgins. That is some kind of outrageous, sexist "heaven".

Third, "honor killings". We just don't get those.

"Honor killings" are killings of young women by their fathers or brothers, because they've accused of being promiscuous.

Yeah, we just don't get that.

Here's another thing we just don't get: In July, 2008, a poll was taken in England and it was found that "Almost a third of British Muslim students believe killing in the name of Islam can be justified..."

There again. Don't get it.

It just seems that there is far too much death and killing by Muslims and Islamists and we just don't understand where it comes from, why it's done and how it could be condoned.

We understand it's not all people of the Muslim faith, sure. Most of the world doesn't practice any of these insanities. But enough do that we are all at least cautious, because of all the killings and death.

Finally, we don't understand, on a much easier, less deadly scale, why these Eastern people wrap their women from head to toe, don't let them be seen, treat them as second-class citizens, at best, and make them walk behind them, etc., and never meet with the men, etc., when the men can do whatever and go wherever they want. It takes civilization back too many centuries.

So, for all this, I'm just saying we don't get it.

Fortunately, it's gotten so bad recently that, in a recent bombing, Muslims are coming out upset, angry and complaining that Muslims are killing Muslims, which is supposed to be understandably forbidden.

We'd like to think there is an international outreach from the sane, educated and logical Muslims and Islamists, teaching the young men in the world, particularly, that killing others is not only not good but that it's crazy and wrong.

You just wouldn't think you'd have to teach that, would you?

Links:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1231854/Voters-ready-ban-minarets-Switzerland-exit-polls-show.html

http://www.iris.org.il/blog/archives/2250-UK-Muslim-Honor-Killing-Wife-Daughters-Burned-Alive.html