But on the left-coast in Riverside, California there is another dispute over whether a mosque can be built in that community. In opposing the construction let Republican Karen Fensi demonstrate the "brilliance" of her logic in opposing Muslim-Americans exercising their Freedom of Religion:
Right now we're at war with the Taliban and the Muslims and our boys are over there fighting and dying for our freedom.
So God forbid we let someone exercising them.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]