http://native-born.com/2010/01/14/why-yes-i-am-proud-to-be-an-american/ Everybody Comes From Somewhere Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://native-born.com/2010/01/14/why-yes-i-am-proud-to-be-an-american/comment-page-1/#comment-5719 Faiqa Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:39:48 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1590#comment-5719 <a href="#comment-5718" rel="nofollow">@Lin</a>, I absolutely agree. @Lin, I absolutely agree.

]]> http://native-born.com/2010/01/14/why-yes-i-am-proud-to-be-an-american/comment-page-1/#comment-5718 Lin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:51:20 +0000 http://native-born.com/?p=1590#comment-5718 I don't know if you'll get this comment since it's quite a few days late. Being American -- good or bad -- should never be about one's religious belief (or lack thereof). Sadly, that's often not the case. As a soldier, my husband has served with atheists, Muslims, Christians... you get the idea. After the shooting at Ft. Hood we were both saddened because we knew that what ONE individual would most likely be used as yet one more reason why Muslims are dangerous. While that's not the topic of this blog entry, it's pertinent. The fact is fanatics of ANY sort are dangerous. Being a muslim doesn't make you a good American. Nor does it make you a bad American. Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City "bomber") was a Christian. To me, he was not a good American. I guess what I'm saying is, many people like to say the military defines GOOD AMERICAN. If that's the case, there are quite a few Good American Muslim soldiers. I don’t know if you’ll get this comment since it’s quite a few days late. Being American — good or bad — should never be about one’s religious belief (or lack thereof). Sadly, that’s often not the case. As a soldier, my husband has served with atheists, Muslims, Christians… you get the idea. After the shooting at Ft. Hood we were both saddened because we knew that what ONE individual would most likely be used as yet one more reason why Muslims are dangerous. While that’s not the topic of this blog entry, it’s pertinent. The fact is fanatics of ANY sort are dangerous. Being a muslim doesn’t make you a good American. Nor does it make you a bad American. Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City “bomber”) was a Christian. To me, he was not a good American. I guess what I’m saying is, many people like to say the military defines GOOD AMERICAN. If that’s the case, there are quite a few Good American Muslim soldiers.

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