Prop 8 the pernicious act that barred gays and lesbians from marrying has been declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL by the federal court.

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There is an excellent article in Slate regarding the mosque near the site of the twin towers.  As all of you know I am not religious.  I think all of them are deeply silly, but I am fierce in my defense of our Constitution and what I think, hope, are American values.

Here is a money quote from the article.

"The latest plot against America, we're told, is smoldering in the ashes of 9/11. A Muslim organization wants to build a "community center," including a mosque, two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Republicans and leaders of other faiths are rallying against the mosque, calling it a threat to American values. But the threat to our values isn't coming from the mosque. It's coming from those who want to stop it."

And another one --

"5. It renounces pluralism. Again, don't take my word for it. Read Gingrich's words: "There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia." That's a straightforward message to illiberal Muslim regimes: If you won't rise to our level, we'll sink to yours."

These haters on the Right are endangering those values in a terrifying and fundamental way.

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