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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Muslim Profiling Isn't Illegal, Unconstitutional, or Un-American

When Donald Trump first proposed that the immigration of Muslims be halted temporarily, many suggested — perhaps almost reflexively — that any such move would be illegal.

More recently, when he suggested that being a Muslim might be a factor in decisions affecting national security and protection from terrorism, it was widely suggested — perhaps in some cases by people who think that anything new and different which they oppose must be unconstitutional — that any such policy would violate the U.S. Constitution.

Finally, some have seemingly gone further, and suggested that either policy — or, indeed, any policy which considers religion as a factor — is somehow un-American.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

We need to drive these avowed killers out of our country! There is no room here for them. A religion that advocates the killing of non-believers and a people that don't want to "Americanize", no thanks, we don't want you here, GO HOME!

KBinLA said...

Islam, in it's inception, is sectarian, non-conforming, protestant and biased. Core beliefs do not mesh with ANY western ideals. Islam cannot exist concurrently with our beliefs.
Don't you find it interesting that rich Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or any other muslim nation has not taken in ANY of these 'refugees'? I do.

Anonymous said...

It is a "CULT", not a religion..

Anonymous said...

10:50 is correct. If you stick to Islam by the book it is not compatible with western ideas. However, there are plenty of Muslims willing to Americanize. Problem is, the only ones dangled in front of your face by the news and blogs like this are the radicals. You think every Christian lives their life by the good book? If an American citizen happens to be Muslim, is that grounds for taking away their constitutional right to free religion? At what point does it stop from there? Everyone goes crazy when the second amendment is even talked about but you so freely consider removing the first

Anonymous said...

Don't profile them. Kick them out!