Reply #10: You can't be serious. [View All]

"My point is that the religious fundamentalism of the Muslims is no different from the religious fundamentalism of our home grown Christians."

OK, so just hang a sign up that says no Bible-believers welcome in the democratic party.

And you guys wonder why the South is so Republican. Look, it's not just racism. You don't tell people that they are the same as Osama and Al Qaeda and Hamas, etc,...just because they go to church and believe in the Bible.

The vast majority of "home grown fundamentalists" are pretty dang near normal people for the most part, and much more closer to even the most ardent DUer than any radical Islamic group. I suspect even the fundamentalists here take a second look, for example, at a beautiful woman rather than stoning her to show her face in public, and it seems to me that fundamentalist and progressive Americans go to the same movies, same schools often, dress similar, etc,....It's just a fantasy to equate the political activism of the religious right with the violence of radical Islamic movements such as the regime in the Sudan, or Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia where women cannot even drive a car or show their face in public. By and large, we just don't have those types of extremism in the American political spectrum.

Also, I've never heard of a "fundamentalist" here in America killing their daughters for premarital sex, or advocating burning down the opposing religious institutions, or advocating bombing infidels, or making women wear burkas, or loudspeakers in every neighborhood calling people to prayer, or whatever. It's just not comparable.

The democratic party needs to appeal to all Americans of all religious views, and not disparage anyone due to religious beliefs.