mgmorden. Basicly there ARE only 2 sides, good or evil, right or wrong, then theres also another choice, Heaven, or hell. Thats why we must choose wisely. POWDERMAN. 
That's the thing, there aren't. Ask any question outside of the simplest things and there are a myriad of positions available.
If I ask you "Should the mentally insane be allowed to own guns?".
The simple minded would say that anybody who said no is "obviously for gun control - the dirty liberal!!!!". A person who actually THINKS about the question though realizes that it's not that simple. There are multiple factors at work.
By the same token, every body who doesn't yell "Yee-haw lets run dem muzzies oughta here!!!!!" isn't a muslim, nor are they "liberal progressives".
You're looking for simple boxes to put people into, where there's a good side, and then the "left wing democratic liberal progressive muslim gay communists". The world isn't that simple. Just because someone supports a government that doesn't involve itself with religion doesn't mean they're favoring a religion - it means that hands off religion means hands off religion.
Example: Lets say that you hold it as an obvious fact that a man should never hit a woman.
Now, for the kinda, obedient, simple housewife from your average 50's sitcom, that's easy. There doesn't even need to be a rule for that case.
But what if doesn't cook you dinner?
What if she cheats on you?
What if you cheats on you with your brother WHILE cooking him dinner and kicks your dog and sends you the video tape?
Is it THEN ok to hit her? If you still believe that a man should never hit a woman, then no, it's not. Despite her being obviously a despicable person, the rule still stands.
Freedom of speech and religion is the same way. If all we were doing was slapping each other on the ass and proclaiming how awesome we all were than there wouldn't even need to be an amendment, as no one would ever care. That amendment is there to protect all the UNPOPULAR stuff that people might say, do, or worship.
As I've said many times before, for any of us to be truly free, the first thing you have to do is accept that people all over the country are constantly doing things that YOU DON'T LIKE.
