{"id":11366,"date":"2010-08-26T18:53:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2010\/08\/26\/robert-royal-on-the-gzm\/"},"modified":"2010-08-26T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T18:53:41","slug":"robert-royal-on-the-gzm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2010\/08\/26\/robert-royal-on-the-gzm\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Royal on the GZM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here<\/a>. <\/font>Excerpt:<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ve probably heard enough about the mosque. But the problem for me is that what I\u2019m hearing doesn\u2019t seem to address the main question. When NY Mayor Bloomberg says it\u2019s a tragedy if 9\/11 results in the loss of religious liberty \u2013 as if Islam were being curtailed here \u2013 I feel like I\u2019m listening to a political class that\u2019s taken leave of its senses. To put the matter baldly, some of us now think America is merely a matter of legal precedents, not a human community. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Two things are clear: 1. in America, religious liberty is an unshakeable right and houses of worship may be built, allowing for local zoning laws and other reasonable restrictions; 2. there is reason for doubt whether the mosque should be built, as last week even President Obama was forced to acknowledge. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Liberals have suddenly discovered a virtual absolute right for religion \u2013 primarily Islam \u2013 to be assertive anywhere, any time. Strange, because the Left has for decades sought to minimize religion in the public square.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Latest example:  <\/span>Utah crosses ruled unconstitutional.<\/span><\/a>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here. Excerpt: If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ve probably heard enough about the mosque. But the problem for me is that what I\u2019m hearing doesn\u2019t seem to address the main question. When NY Mayor Bloomberg says it\u2019s a tragedy if 9\/11 results in the loss of religious liberty \u2013 as if Islam were being curtailed here \u2013 … Continue reading “Robert Royal on the GZM”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-islamism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}