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gcomeau

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11. First...

Reply to Yorktown (Reply #10)

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 11:25 AM

Nov 2015

...I suspect you're playing fast and loose with coming up with percentages.

Second, how did you determine this woman was in that "50%"?

Third, you're still just basically saying "I object to Islam, therefore I want the government to force you not to wear a Niqab " Which is a total violation of church/state separation. You do not get to use the government to just arbitrarily enforce your views on religion on other people absent some compelling need and you have still provided exactly squat in the compelling need department.

Trudeau is completely correct on this issue.

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Saw that. Trudeau is mad. Yorktown Nov 2015 #1

No, he really isn't. gcomeau Nov 2015 #3

OK, so naturists would be free to take an oath naked? Yorktown Nov 2015 #4

Would be permitted? Probably not. *Should* be though. gcomeau Nov 2015 #5

A religious statement IS a political statement Yorktown Nov 2015 #6

Only if it is made to be one. gcomeau Nov 2015 #7

No, I told you, Islam claims to be a way of life Yorktown Nov 2015 #8

You view of Islam, even if correct... gcomeau Nov 2015 #9

True. But that is true for half of the believers Yorktown Nov 2015 #10

First... gcomeau Nov 2015 #11

Easy answers Yorktown Nov 2015 #12

Not so easy. gcomeau Nov 2015 #13

I'm going to enjoy this discussion Yorktown Nov 2015 #14

Feel free to enjoy it as much as you want... gcomeau Nov 2015 #15

You seem to overlook some obvious points though Yorktown Nov 2015 #16

No I'm really not. gcomeau Nov 2015 #17

You are grasping at straws Yorktown Nov 2015 #18

Getting tiring.. gcomeau Nov 2015 #19

Evidence from polls and the highest Muslim authorities Yorktown Nov 2015 #20

FFS, it's like everything just bounces off your skull without penetrating. gcomeau Nov 2015 #29

Center for Security Policy? They're an extremist right wing think tank Bradical79 Nov 2015 #21

The other two sources are untainted and converge with the third Yorktown Nov 2015 #22

I'm talking about your claim of 50% wanting shiara law in the U.S. Bradical79 Nov 2015 #23

I am saying polls in different countries converge. Found one more. Yorktown Nov 2015 #24

You are still using a poor source Bradical79 Nov 2015 #25

A poor source with corroborative evidence does give a strong indication Yorktown Nov 2015 #26

why aren't men required to wear these "tokens of faith"? Skittles Nov 2015 #27

Because god said so Yorktown Nov 2015 #28

the Tories borrowed that little trick from the PQ--didn't work there, either MisterP Nov 2015 #2