The Mosque

All this hate I see in the protesters against the mosque being built "600 feet from ground zero" worries me. Heck, even George W told us we are not at war with Islam. It seems though, that no one who is against the construction really believes that. They've managed to lump every person of Muslim faith into a potential terrorist.

The loss of our liberties is especially worrisome. The first amendment says in part "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". If we don't abide by that, what's next?....

• No freedom of speech? There goes all the blogs and most of the internet.
  
• No right to bear arms? Our rights are not just for the far left, ACLU-loving tree huggers, they affect the far right too.
  
• Do we get to choose where a synagogue or temple or Mormon church can be built?
• Should we not allow black people, or people from Louisiana, for example, to vote?

We can not allow an act of terrorism to erode our liberties. If we do, then (and I dearly hate this phrase), the terrorists have "won".