Posted by
Lady Logician on Thursday, April 12, 2007 8:13:52 PM
Every time the left tries to disuade the so-called "Christian right" they trot out the supposed wall of separation of church and state. Yet in an effort to "embrace diversity" we have state funded support of Islam.
"Where Christianity is concerned, the college (Minneapolis Community & Technical College - ed) goes to great lengths to avoid any hint of what the courts call "entanglement" or support of the church. Yet the college is planning to install facilities for Muslims to use in preparing for daily prayers, an apparent first at a public institution in Minnesota."
"The City of Minneapolis is joining with the African Development Center to offer a new financing option for small businesses, aimed primarily at Muslims.
The program allows Muslim Minnesotans, as well as others, to repay loans without traditional interest. Many Muslims avoid conventional loans because paying or receiving interest goes against their religious beliefs. "
Okay......here we have a public school accomodating Islamic prayer and the biggest city in the state offering special interest free financing to Muslim businesses. I wonder if the City of Minneapolis would be so accomodating to a Christian businessman who wanted to not do business with homosexuals (for example). After all, just as charging interest on loans is against Islamic teaching, condoning homosexuality is against Christian teaching.
The First Amendment is quite clear. Government shall MAKE NO LAW respecting the establishment of religion. If the administration of the Minneapolis Community and Technical College is going to accomodate Islamic prayer, they had best make similar concessions to Christians and Buddhists! If the City of Minneapolis is going to make special dispensations for Muslim businessmen, they had best be ready to make similar dispensations to Shinto and Jewish businesses as well!