http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ircyw2bnWpg

BTW, Robertson may be correct in that Islam considers jihad a duty of all believers.

The Roman Empire, the Greeks, the Chinese, as well as many others have had legally recognized forms of same-sex marriage.

For example Nero married a man named Sporus and they openly lived together as spouses.

Same-sex marriages were legal and commonplace throughout the Roman Empire until Christian Emperor Constantius II outlawed them in the Theodosian Code in 342 AD and ordered that anyone in such a marriage was to be executed.

During the French Revolution all of the laws banning homosexuality were abolished and were not put back into place until the end of World War II.

So James, your history on same sex marriage appears to be a tad faulty.

Islam is, not like Christianity, pre-reform or otherwise, with regard to the way its adherents see their government structure.

In Islam, the government is supposed to carry out its duties in accordance with the Koran. To the devout believers, there is no concept of “separation of church and state” nor do the devout Muslims believe that government is a separate force in their lives. It is all part of Islam to them.

Of course, there are some Muslims who are more educated than the norm, who see the manipulation that is done in the name of Islam. However, there is no comparison to the rather vague influence of various religious factions here, to the Muslims’ view that their leaders and the Koran are all part of the authority bestowed by Allah onto their heads.

This is not a Christian -v- Muslim position, it is just a fact that the Muslim faith is based on forced obedience, where killing the non-believer is accepted and there is no sense of government power as being separate from the authority of the Koran; it is all Islam to them.

I have had more harm done to me by so-called Christians than I have had done by Muslims (so far) but that doesn’t mean that I will turn a blind eye to murders being committed in the name of Allah here and abroad.

Even by the tenets of the Koran, Maj. Hasan should be executed and his soul will then go to Hell. I do not support the death penalty (state sponsored murder). I think it would be a good lesson to the believers of Islam to see that Western cultures can show mercy.