[Oku]

I don't post much (read hardly at all) since it's easier to learn stuff by reading than typing, but this subject kinda burns me a bit so here goes nuthin'....

I've kind of reconciled the "freedom of religion quandry" in my own head...

Islam is contrary to our constitution....full stop (and yes, I've done "a bit of reading" so I'd have info needed for a previous occupation)

It does not accept or respect freedom of religion, freedom of speech or the separation of Church and state (in fact islam states that "church and state" are to be one in the same).

This stuff in in the koran not just the "supplemental readings" known as the hadith.

But you may ask as I did "what about the other religions we have in our country". My answer, at least according to the materials I've seen and the folks I've talked to, is that none of them require a theocracy, and all of them have as part of their central message words to the effect of "Be excellent to each other" ("and party on dude!" is present in many of 'em as well). Islam on the other hand has: "be one of us....or we kill you".

I'm sure someone out there has done more and better research than I, and I'm sure I've missed some "salient points", but this works for me.

Wanna follow islam? Great, do it somewhere else, not in the USA.