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A new Nashville blogger, the Red State Rumbler, comments on how a postcard picturing a puppy caused an uproar among the local Islamic population in one Scottish town - because Islam teaches that dogs are unclean. (Cats are okay, though.)
The Augusta Chronicle summarizes things pretty well in this editorial:
Meanwhile, authorities in Atlanta say a Muslim man there killed his daughter over the weekend because her plans for ending her arranged marriage might have brought dishonor to the family.
Like murder wouldn't?
Interesting: We're supposed to put up with "honor killings" of innocent women, but we can't send out pictures of a puppy for fear of offending someone?
Westerners are expected to respect the culture when traveling to Muslim countries - such as having women wear head coverings. When is Western culture going to be respected in turn?
We happen to love dogs. Dogs give love unconditionally - something that God seems to command us to do. Dogs just happen to do it better than we humans do.
That dog in Scotland is a more humane being than a man who kills his own daughter.
Western culture doesn't believe murdering a female gives honor to anybody. Respect that.
These are not trivial considerations. It's about the freedom to be who you are. If anything defines Western civilization, it's that.
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A new Nashville blogger, the Red State Rumbler, 