Fringe conservative group claims U.S. Muslims have no free speech rights

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Fringe conservative group claims U.S. Muslims have no free speech rights

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/24/fringe-conservative-group-claims-u-s-muslims-have-no-free-speech-rights/

By David Edwards
Thursday, March 24th, 2011 -- 4:12 pm

The right to freedom of religion guaranteed in the United States Constitution doesn't apply to Muslims, according to a blogger writing for a conservative Christian organization.

Bryan Fischer, a blogger for the ultra-conservative American Family Association (AFA), declared Thursday that Muslims have no First Amendment rights in the United States.

"The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity," he wrote in his column at Renew America. "They were making no effort to give special protections to Islam. Quite the contrary."

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1. Where does that bit of junk history come from?

That would be news to all of the Jews and non-believers in the country at the time.

The constitution also forbade religious tests for office holding.