Quote:My only issue is that if they are a devout Muslim and adhere to the Quran, then I believe no matter what they may say they can never truly support the American or western way of life. He or she may say they support equal rights, but their holy book actively discriminates (harshly) against it. To an extent, the same can be said about a devout Christian president as well.

I can't really disagree with you all that strongly, because to a large extent, you're right. My best reply would be that a radical Muslim who support Sharia law and doesn't support the basic philosophies of American society would probably not want to run for President in the first place. Even if they did, they wouldn't come close to winning.

 

No Obama comments, please. The "Obama is a Muslim" stuff is tired and worn out, and it's irrelevant at this point anyway. I'd hardly expect a radical Muslim to support same-sex marriage and the right to abort a child.

 

Can't really go any further without running into the CoC, I don't think. I'll keep reading because this has the potential to be an interesting discussion, but I doubt I'll do much replying to this one. Hey, modmins, any chance we could revisit the "no religion" rule so long as the discussion of religion is kept tangential to the discussion and not being used to support or refute arguments, or as a means of claiming moral high ground?

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