Murfreesboro mosque

I read that a Judge ordered (opens in a new tab) that the construction on the Murfressboro mosque has to stop because of a technicality on the approval process. I'm no friend of religion or Islam and I think that our society would be better off without either but I just can't believe how little respect for the basic ideas of our country the opponents of the mosque seem to have.

I thought that it was well understood by everybody in our country that we have freedom of religion. That means any religion, not just picking a flavor of Christianity. Apparently the mosque opponents thought of that!

Mosque opponents have fought construction for two years, arguing that Islam is not a real religion deserving First Amendment protections and that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has terrorist ties.

What constitutes a real religion? Why is Islam disqualified while the opponent's version of Christianity approved?

I'd bet $20 that the same people who have their panties in a wad over the mosque are also the same people hiding behind their "it's my religion" shield when they discriminate against women (opens in a new tab) (archived (opens in a new tab)), allow their children to die (opens in a new tab), deny women contraceptives and deny people marriage equality.

The scarey part is that it's not just the dumb rednecks but also politians:

Although, maybe Lou Ann Zelenik is just a dumb redneck.