Yikes! I haven't posted on this thread since may. Here it is August and still going strong. Wow.

To my way of thinking, Islam has just not developed or evolved yet to the level of some other religions. Islam still cuts off people's noses and stones people and kills doctors who are accused of spreading Christianity. Christianity once did brutal things too, but really not so much these days. Islam seems to not quite be over that though. Even though many muslums don't agree with those things or practice them, it still seems to be going on more in the Islam religion than any other well-established religion. So it still has some growing up to do.

There is no good way to stop the building project near ground zero. I think it's distasteful personally, but it certainly shouldn't be illegal.