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1. I support the referendum to ban minarets. Islam is not simply a religion, it is also a political ideology that is inherently anti-democratic, repressive and domineering. The plight of Christians in dozens of Islamic countries is proof enough of that. Saudi Arabia has continuously refused to allow the building of churches in their land despite the presence of hundreds of thousands of Christian guest workers. The line must be drawn against further Islamic penetration. Of course, the anti-Christian secular LEFT will raise howls of protest primarily because it is the LEFT'S agenda to support anything that opposes Christianity. LEFTIES, get used to the veil!

   Posted By: Michael Bernard

2. So Michael Bernard's solution to the perceived intolerance of Islam - "not simply a religion [but] a political ideology that is inherently anti-democratic, repressive and domineering" - is to be just as intolerant.
   
   Does this mean he wishes, also, to return to a time when Christianity was also a political ideology that was inherently anti-democratic, repressive and domineering? Does Switzerland's Catholic Bishops' Conference opposition to the referendum make the bishops part of the anti-Christian secular left that supports anything that opposes Christianity?
   
   Or rather are they confounding intolerance by not becoming a party to it?

   Posted By: Richard Moore

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