This is a CHRISTIAN Church!

I was driving to Los Angeles the other day and drove by a semi-completed structure that was clearly a house of worship--it was large, looked like a hotel lobby and had a dome type structure. So, it was either a church or a mall, but I guessed Church since there was only one Starbucks slated to open there ("we proudly serve starbucks!" was on the marquee).

There was also, oddly it seemed to me, a banner tied to the middle of the dome which read, "This is a CHRISTIAN Church" or something similar. I thought it odd and then drove on, not thinking of it again.

Then, today, I stumbled upon this on Crooks and Liars. Apparently, the mere shape of a dome causes anti-Muslim hysteria. Because, you know, Phoenix is high on the hit list of al-Qaeda. Not that I haven't said so before, but this kind of ignorance--being afraid of a structural shape (!!) because it MIGHT be the future home of worshipers who share the same religious title as people who are terrorists--it's ridiculous. Not only is it ridiculous, but it's scary.

Speaking of which, the woman who was running for Congress on a platform of "not letting the terrorists win" by building the ground zero "mosque" (Renee Elmers, who is from North Carolina and therefore very concerned with lower Manhattan)--she won. She is now a legislator for the United States of America.

Let us hope for a short two years.