There is some preacher on the East side who was all over the news this past weekend.  He was blasting the plan to put special sinks in the cabdriver’s restroom at the new airport.  These sinks would allow Muslims to wash their feet before prayers.  This is part of their faith tradition.

This preacher is shouting about how this plan is a governmental endorsement is Islam and we need to fight the growth of Islam.

I will never understand the logic of hate.

Providing sinks is hardly a government endorsement of Islam.  First of all, the airport pays for the sinks, not the government.  And besides, the government makes lots of accommodations for other religions.

You cannot but alcohol in a store in Indiana on Sunday.  Is that an endorsement of the Christian temperance movement?  The City of Indianapolis just added turn lanes for Second Presbyterian and the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation along Meridian.  Is that an endorsement of their faith?  The State legislature opens its sessions with prayer.  Is that an endorsement of religion?  The federal government declares Christmas a legal holiday.  Is that an endorsement of religion?

I do understand being afraid of Islamic fundamentalists.  They do things in the name of Allah that frighten me.  But I am just as frightened by some of thing fundamentalist Christians do and say in the name of their God.