[Sherman Logan]

I think we should treat Islam exactly the same way we treated the other two destructive political ideologies of the last century, nazism and communism.

Neither ideology was ever outlawed in the US, though each became wildly unpopular at different times. For the most part, those Nazis or Commies who were prosecuted were charged with perjury, espionage, sabotage or some other overt criminal act, not with belief in an unpopular ideology.

By all means let's prosecute Muslims who commit overt criminal acts. But by definition, embedded in our Constitution, the US cannot criminalize a religion. Which is a very good thing, IMHO.

That could change. It requires an amendment. Get busy on it if you think that's the way we should go.

[EternalVigilance]

Neither ideology was ever outlawed in the US, though each became wildly unpopular at different times. For the most part, those Nazis or Commies who were prosecuted were charged with perjury, espionage, sabotage or some other overt criminal act, not with belief in an unpopular ideology.

By all means let's prosecute Muslims who commit overt criminal acts. But by definition, embedded in our Constitution, the US cannot criminalize a religion. Which is a very good thing, IMHO.

Exactly.

That could change. It requires an amendment. Get busy on it if you think that's the way we should go.

What are you talking about? Why would we want that to change?

[Cincincinati Spiritus]

By all means let's prosecute Muslims who commit overt criminal acts. But by definition, embedded in our Constitution, the US cannot criminalize a religion. Which is a very good thing, IMHO.

Let's be real here. No one's advocating criminalization of any religion. For the past 20 years the only religion under attack and now under threat of criminilization has been Christianity, the very source for the principle that undergirds all our rights.