{"id":29065,"date":"2012-08-06T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/why-yes-there-is-an-attack-on-religious-freedoms-going-on-here.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:31:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:31:10","slug":"why-yes-there-is-an-attack-on-religious-freedoms-going-on-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/why-yes-there-is-an-attack-on-religious-freedoms-going-on-here.html","title":{"rendered":"Why, yes, there is an attack on religious freedoms going on here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But not quite the ones that folks like Bryan Fischer bleat about. \u00a0Indeed, given Fischer&#39;s assertions (<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/GcD0f\" >http:\/\/goo.gl\/GcD0f<\/a>) that Muslims don&#39;t have First Amendment rights in this country, calling their religion a &quot;treasonous ideology&quot; and a &quot;totalitarian ideology dedicated to the destruction of the United States,&quot; I&#39;d say he&#39;s more of a problem than a plaintiff when it comes to religious freedom.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftalkingpointsmemo.com%2Fassets_c%2F2012%2F08%2FJoplin-Islamic-Fire-8-5-12-cropped-proto-custom_6.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2012\/08\/second_fire_in_five_weeks_burns_missouri_mosque.php?ref=fpnewsfeed'>Second Fire In Five Weeks Burns Missouri Mosque<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA second fire in less than five weeks occurred at a mosque in Joplin, Missouri early Monday morning. The cause of the latest inferno is still unknown, but Monday\u2019s flames were much more devastating th&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/WFeYDwPZWiH' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But not quite the ones that folks like Bryan Fischer bleat about. \u00a0Indeed, given Fischer&#39;s assertions (http:\/\/goo.gl\/GcD0f) that Muslims don&#39;t have First Amendment rights in this country, calling their religion a &quot;treasonous ideology&quot; and a &quot;totalitarian ideology dedicated to the destruction of the United States,&quot; I&#39;d say he&#39;s more of a problem than a plaintiff &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/why-yes-there-is-an-attack-on-religious-freedoms-going-on-here.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why, yes, there is an attack on religious freedoms going on here&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28996,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/09\/theology.html","url_meta":{"origin":29065,"position":0},"title":"Theology","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 9-Aug-12 9:46am","format":false,"excerpt":"This summarizes a lot of my thinking on the subject.Pride was listed by the Medieval theologians as one of the Seven Deadly Sins. \u00a0Hubris was one of the great plot points that the Greeks used in myths to get folks into trouble.(I mention theology, but I'd say any sort of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33150,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/12\/heritage-is-not-destiny.html","url_meta":{"origin":29065,"position":1},"title":"Heritage is not destiny","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 12-Apr-13 6:53am","format":false,"excerpt":"Some on the Right think demographics are on their side over time, as (a) populations continue to migrate to traditional\u00a0Red states, and (b) religious conservatives tend to have more kids than irreligious liberals. \u00a0But the conclusions from both those assumptions are fundamentally flawed, because they assume ideology is (oddly simultaneously)\u00a0genetic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31286,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/08\/when-ideology-becomes-pathology.html","url_meta":{"origin":29065,"position":2},"title":"When Ideology Becomes Pathology","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Nov-12 4:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Unless it's for Publicity. 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