NO WHERE in the Constitution does it say anything about Separation of Church and State. Read the First Amendment and show me those words. What it does say is that Congress shall make no law establishing religion nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The words separation of church and state were taken from a letter Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptists. Those words, though not in the Constitution, have been used as a replacement for the First Amendment. Here is a nice historical accounting. You can search and find many references. Of course, as with anything, you can find groups who will tell you that this is what it meant or what it says. That is nonsense, this is how it has been defined in the last 50 years or so.

I believe AOW gave a nice accounting of what Eid is with reference. Read about it.

I provided you a link to the Boston Globe article in some other demand of yours. Read it. Sharpton incited the chants and the riots and some of the illiterates he was leading killed people. It only sounds like a white supremacist would say this to you because you are trying to assert things not in evidence. I said that if someone is going to get killed because he incites a riot, I hope it is him. Just as when I say that when a judge lets a child molester out if the molester attacks a kid again (not that I want him to BUT IF he does) I want it to be the judges kid. Why should the rest of us pay for the judges refusal to do his job. That does not mean I want to see ANY kid get molested but IF it is going to happen I want it to affect those responsible. IF there is going to be a riot AND someone is going to be hurt, let it be the person who incited the riot.

BTW, the kid is back in jail. He violated probation.

It is true, that will probably be the only green building, it is true that we are appeasing a small fraction of this country because we are afraid they will sue or CAIR will call us racists (Muslim not a race.)

Really? How could CAIR, the most fearsome lobbying group in America (if I’m to believe your lunatic rants), get the ESB to put up Muslim Christmas lights? It’s a private building – as far as I know, they can put up (or not put up) whatever they want. It doesn’t appear anyone was forced to do anything.

Our Constitution does not call for Separation of Church and state. That is made up based on a personal letter.

Evidence, please! Is there an authoritative scholar that I should read to find out whether this is true or more baseless assertions by people eager to have a Christian Taliban running our country?

They are not Christmas lights, they celebrate Eid, a celebration of the aggression that led to Islam becoming a violent religion that spreads by the sword.

Again, can you provide some sort of authoritative evidence to back up this assertion? I checked my copy of Microsoft Encarta (is that liberal?) and there was not a single mention of it being a ‘celebration of the agression that led to Islam becoming a violent religion that spreads by the sword’. Where do you get this information?

What I said about Sharpton was that if he is going to go someplace and incite a riot, I hope that he is the one who gets killed, not some inncoent bystander as in the other cases.

Again, do you have any authoritative evidence about Sharpton’s responsibility for the death of 8 people? Aside from that, it’s a minor difference between calling for lynching and expressing a preference that someone you call a ‘race hustler’ (or was it race pimp – or both?) gets lynched. It still sounds like something a white supremacists would say, don’t you think?

And…Schatz never said anything about the ESB being a government building.

It is true, that will probably be the only green building, it is true that we are appeasing a small fraction of this country because we are afraid they will sue or CAIR will call us racists (Muslim not a race).

Our Constitution does not call for Separation of Church and state. That is made up based on a personal letter. Religion plays a big part in our daily lives.

Mohammad was a pedophile. He married and had sex with a 9 year old. They are not Christmas lights, they celebrate Eid, a celebration of the aggression that led to Islam becoming a violent religion that spreads by the sword.

You do not see the threat because you are too blind to see the threat.

What I said about Sharpton was that if he is going to go someplace and incite a riot, I hope that he is the one who gets killed, not some inncoent bystander as in the other cases.

You said:

“If I am not mistaken, from what I have read Muslims have and support a theocracy — which is the absolute opposite of separation. ”

True, except for Turkey & Malaysia & I think Indonesia and maybe some others. But you’re criticizing liberals for it because you think they’re wrong to want separation, correct? You’re saying that the separation is bogus because, according to you, America was founded based on ‘Judeo-Christian’ beliefs! Thererfore, you have established your desire for a government run by a Christian Taliban where there is no separation and religion permeates government, affects government policies, etc.. Strike Two!

We’re giving Muslims respect, in this case, thru the use of x-mas lights on a single building during a Muslim holiday. You say ‘we are giving this particular religion too much respect, a respect that Christians have not had for a very long time.’

Big Dog, get out of the house! New York city will be plastered with CHRISTmas lights this winter, I guarantee it. Your community probably will be too. Strike Three! You’re out!

I defy you to find any other non-Mosque, non-Islamic Country Embassy/consulate (besides the Empire State Building) that will feature Muslim x-mas lights during this holiday. Somehow I suspect that even if you find one, it’ll represent far less than 1% of buildings in America, even excluding government buildings.

Oh hell, Strike Four!

If this is ‘evidence’ of an ongoing Muslim invasion of America, you’ll be needing better, more conclusive evidence that actually stands up to common sense.

Your post is a complete overreaction to something incredibly minor. If you were a character in an old WWII comedy, you’d be a nervous guy that no one wants to fight with because you’ll panic and get everyone killed. That actually goes for almost the entire right wing blogosphere.

Whether people like it or not, this country was founded and its rules of law were based (generally) on Judeo-Christian beliefs. However, the liberals in this country are always going on about the mythical “separation between church and state.” If I am not mistaken, from what I have read Muslims have and support a theocracy — which is the absolute opposite of separation.

Because Muslims were responsible for 9-11 and the country is trying so hard to make up for any discrimination these people might have suffered in that regard (boo hoo), we are giving this particular religion too much respect, a respect that Christians have not had for a very long time.

So you don’t think all Muslims (who you assert worship a pedophile) are evil, but putting up x-mas lights is appeasement? Appeasement of who – non-violent Muslims? My understanding is that Eid is a celebration marking the end of Ramadan, a holiday that is widely practiced. Why would putting up x-mas lights be ‘appeasement’ if it’s a widespread holiday and most Muslims aren’t bad, as you said in your comment above?

I’m glad to know that you’ll be leading the counter attack when the Muslims invade. Lucky for you, it won’t happen in our lifetime so you’ll never have to carry out your ominous, empty threat. Your courage is an inspiring example though, for someone, somewhere. Probably someone hiding under his bed and in need of reassurance that someone will lead a counter attack against a threat that will not actually happen. In other words, a scared crazy person.

The Klan doesn’t riot over cartoons, but you may recall that when the Jena 6 demonstrations were taking place recently they were threatening enough that the FBI felt compelled to investigate calls for lynching that were made online. In case you forgot, here’s an article about the lynch threats:

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/09/23/fbi.jena.ap/index.html

Hey, I just remembered something funny. didn’t you call for the lynching of Sharpton in one of your posts about the Jena 6? I can’t find the post now… maybe you were once again not explicitly calling for the lynching of Sharpton, but instead saying you hoped someone else would do it. Another very courageous statement, to be sure. Who knew you had so much in common with white supremacists? What a coincidence, eh? Or was your statement in support of lynching Sharpton also sarcasm?