is our state dept paying to distribute the ground zero mosque Imams' book?

Question

where is the left on separation ogf church and state?
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38765

Answer 1

The separation of church and state doesn't require America to avoid, as a matter of foreign policy, funding religious individuals, projects, organizations, or even nations. We provide military support to a number of foreign states which do not have secular governments. Should this be done away with on the grounds of church/state issues or should it be evaluated on its own merits? England has a state religion; should we not support them? I guess also that religious leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan who are sympathetic to the West shouldn't be given any support? The fact is it just makes good sense for a country to support some religious leaders in the course of foreign policy, given how influential religion is globally and particularly in the Middle East. It seems unlikely that such policy would be struck down by the courts as unconstitutional.

Answer 2

Funny I don't remember you complaining when Republicans took this one to the Supreme Court in 2006:





"Question:



Do taxpayers have standing to bring an Establishment Clause challenge against Executive Branch actions funded by general appropriations rather than by any specific congressional grant?



Conclusion:



No. By a 5-4 vote, the Court ruled that citizens do not have standing as taxpayers to bring Establishment Clause challenges against Executive Branch programs that are funded by appropriations for general administrative expenses. Justice Samuel Alito's plurality opinion called Flast v. Cohen a "narrow exception" to the general rule that taxpayer status does not grant standing to sue the government, and held that Flast did not support the Seventh Circuit's broad interpretation. In order to have standing under Flast, a taxpayer must not only challenge a policy on the basis of the Establishment Clause, but also bring the challenge against a congressional expenditure. Since no specific congressional appropriation was implicated in the suit, the Court ruled that there was no "Case or Controversy" under the Flast exception. To extend Flast to executive actions, the Court said, would threaten the separation of powers by relaxing the doctrine of standing and turning federal courts into "general complaint bureaus." In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Scalia called the plurality's distinction "utterly meaningless," and argued that Flast should be overruled. Justice Souter argued in dissent that "When executive agencies spend identifiable sums of tax money for religious purposes, no less than when Congress authorizes the same thing, taxpayers suffer injury."

Answer 3

this could be a comprehensive scandal. This individual's connections to terrorist ought to be thoroughly investigated. the yank human beings ought to touch their elected officers and insist: "no mosque everywhere close to floor 0!" it fairly is an insult to the 9/11 victims and their families. How quickly human beings forget approximately. Sherman's March, Yankee carpetbaggers, Pearl Harbor, 9/11: hell no ! we are going to in no way forget approximately!

Answer 4

Imam Feisal Rauf was hired by the U.S. Government, specifically under George W. Bush, because he is Sufi which is a particularly tolerent sect of Islam. They had him & other Imams promote their tolerant strain of Islam worldwide. It may be possible that whatever your talking about is related to our hiring this particular Imam to spread his ideaology among Muslims.



I detect a sense of fear coming from you. I would refer you to Glenn Beck's interview of the Imam, as I'm sure you can trust him. Here's a video of Beck endorsing Imam Feisal Rauf

Answer 5

The left does not REALLY believe in the mythical (it is not in the Constitution) Separation of Church and State. What they believe in is SILENCE OF THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS.

Answer 6

separation of christian and catholic church & state

tax dollars for mosque = a good thing.

maybe if the christians kill 3000 americans in a terror attack the democrats will like them enough to give them tax money.

Answer 7

Progressives do not complain when the government is doing something that furthers a progressive agenda.

Answer 8

I don't know who this fella named Imam is, but I do know that Captain William Kidd was falsely tried and condemned by some backstabbing a$$hole turd goblins!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIlMNKY3RxI

Answer 9

I hope so. Just to piss you off and give you nightmares.