Predatory Religions

At one point or another the United States needs to deal with predatory religions.
I define this predation as religions from whose leadership we hear a calling for the death/assassination of someone, the calling of a religious war against another religion, and an utter intolerance to critical observation.

If this calling is in the writings of the religion it must be removed from the text and denounced in its teaching here in the United States. A clear departure from teachings must be made and maintained.

It is already well known that the consequence for making cartoons or writing books against some religions can lead to a price being put on ones head and death (not just the threat of death).
The United States cannot tolerate as some joke the likes of Pat Robertson when he calls for assassinating someone, without the realization that it is no longer a religion, it is a political party – or worse: an army of one with a million+ automatons raging behind it.

Religious intolerance is often overplayed from the other side and whole nations placate the extremists in the name of “a free and open culture”. We cannot forget that being killed by extremists for exercising our most basic freedoms is completely unacceptable and it must have immediate consequences.

If we add to the rules whereby a religion can loose its tax-exempt status the above clause regarding a call for death/assassination, I think we can create a powerful tool for restraint. The very practice of restraint tends to teach wisdom and squelch hot headedness. I think it would also be easy to install this new rule and remove their tax-exempt status while encountering little legal challenge.

Our country must protect its freedoms of speech, the freedoms of religions to practice and the freedom from bullies, killers, and Madmen.

I have said nothing of any particular religion - nor should the Democrats mention any particular religion in the debate. This is about our freedom and it is about our way of life – we cannot be worried that the customs and beliefs of other regions find our freedoms unrestrained and perhaps even godless.

A great many of the customs in other regions of the world are abhorrent to us yet common in their cultures.