Political Quotes

“Last week the giant home improvement chain Lowe's decided to pull their ads from a new show on The Learning Channel called ``All-American Muslim.'' Now, this show depicts five Muslim American families of Lebanese descent from Dearborn, Michigan, and highlights how their faith affects their lives and their families. The show is aptly titled because it shows Muslim families to be exactly what they are in this situation, and millions like them around the Nation. They're Americans. They face problems just like the rest of us. The only difference is that they worship at a different church. {time} 1010 Lowe's pulled these ads because one right-wing anti-Muslim group in Florida said that the show hides the ``true agenda'' of Islam, which, according to this group, is to destroy America. Now, this kind of anti-Muslim bigotry isn't new. It seems like every month we're being warned by a new radical group about the creep of sharia law or that a peaceful mosque is being run out of a community or that a radical pastor is burning the Koran on television. It's one thing when a fringe group or a radical, unhinged pastor is doing it; but it's quite another when a Fortune 100 company is endorsing this nonsense.…”