So is this you admiting that there are terrorist christians out there that want to bomb churches during christmas, and that the US needs to spend time and energy guarding churches in the countries that we are fighting in with an overwhelming population of christians who support us that are providing information about these terrorist christians and where they are hiding? [sarcasm]Oh, but of course, it's just the dirty muslims, who cares if they want to have a safe place to worship without muhammed running in and blowing them all up, and who cares that they might have a better idea of what's going on on the ground than the intelligence community and can actually help us find some of the bad guys you insist we absolutely have to blow billions of dollars to find. Nope, god forbid the government actually recognizes the fact that the people in the region that speak the language and are probably getting offers from Al-Qa'ida to help blow us all up, could help us if we help them.[/sarcasm] Make your argument again when we are at war in the vatican trying to root out those terrorist christian fundamentalists and you might have a case. Until then, you just sound like a selfcentered 5 year old screaming "WHERE'S MINE?"
As for the separation of church and state, I see nothing in the notice saying, "Oh, hey, we're going to make islam the national religion. Praise allah". It also doesn't look all that personal to me, just a standard "we help charities out" form letter filling in the muslim holiday and related adjectives and groups where applicable.
>>> "U.S.
Department of the Treasury"
<
subscriptions@subscriptions.treas.gov> {insert date and time here}>>>
Treasury Department Statement Marking the Beginning of {insert holiday here}[
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg824.htm ]
{insert date here}
TG-824
*Treasury Department Statement Marking the Beginning of {insert holiday here}*
*WASHINGTON *- As members of the {insert group of people who observe holiday here} in the United States and around the world
begin their observance of {insert holiday here}, the U.S. Department of the Treasury
recognizes the importance of this period of intense devotion, reflection
and charitable giving. Charitable giving and philanthropy are core
American values, reflected in many faiths and traditions, and are of
particular significance within the {insert group of people who observe holiday here} during the {insert time period during which holiday occurs}
The
Treasury Department fully supports the ability of American {insert group of people who observe holiday here} - and {insert group of people who observe holiday here} worldwide - to fulfill their {insert logical adjective here} obligations through
charitable giving and seeks to advance charitable giving at home and
abroad, while protecting the charitable sector from the threat posed by
those who seek to abuse this {insert similar logical adjective here} obligation. In recent years,
Treasury has strengthened its partnership with the charitable sector and
donor community to promote transparency and to safeguard against such
abuse.
The Treasury Department will continue to work closely with the
charitable sector and {insert group of people who observe holiday here} American communities to promote our common
goals of safe and effective charitable activity and to protect the
sector from exploitation by terrorist organizations. We look forward to
the continued development of this partnership.
"For information about steps that donors and charities can take to
guard against terrorist abuse, visit link [
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/key-issues/protecting/index.shtml]."
See, just like that, I transformed a "personal message to the muslims" into a form letter that could be sent to any number of organizations, but because of your christocentrism and apparant hatred of muslims that seems to infect everyone on the right, you got your panties in a bunch because they got it first and the you didn't.
[disclaimer]This comment is in no way to be taken as insightful, because after all, I play too many video games and watch too many cartoons.[/disclaimer]
