Carson may have lost me last night

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Separation of church and state was created so that this country could be compatable with any religion and not push one religion down someone's throat or hold them accountable for religious violations like what happened in Salem.

what could not support a Muslim president is bigoted religious folks.
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I really hate to sound like Spence here, but what Carson said may be being taken out of context. Before Carson said what he said about Muslims, right before that, he specifically said he would support someone of any religion for President, as long as that person was able to make his religion take a back seat to the US Constitution. His concerns about a Muslim were directed at a hypothetical Muslim who would have difficulty putting the principles of our Constitution ahead of the principles of Islam. No one would want a radical Islamic president.

Furthermore, Carson didn't say such a person doesn't have the right to run for President, he said he wouldn't support it. If someone asked Obama if he would support a hard-line Tea Party candidate for President, and if Obama was being honest for once, he would say "no I would not support that". What's the difference?

I like to think I'm not an anti-Muslim bigot, and I am friendly with a few Muslims. But there is something about that religion that causes an extremism not found today, in any other religions. There is a reason for that. I don't know exactly what the reason is. But what I do know, is that nobody is concerned about Mormons, Catholics, or born-again Christians, blowing people up. We have federal agencies dedicated to the threat of radical Islamists, we don't have teams dedicated to tracking radical Quakers, not that I know of at least.