Is Main Street U.S.A. expressing anti-Islamic sentiment?

Community groups within California, Wisconsin and Tennessee, among others, have, respectively, fought plans that various parties had put forward to build Muslim houses of worship around the country.

Protesters are reportedly worried about the possibility of violence that may accompany such structures. The question is being asked, where it involves why anti-Islamic sentiment, why is it so evident in some areas of the U.S.?

Expert Dave Lefcourt credits America's two wars in Islamic countries as a primary reason for public anxiety.

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Survey says U.S. Catholics liberal on same-sex marriage

A July 21, report on religion and same-sex marriage in California has yielded some interesting results. Based on the June polling of almost 3,500 adults (with oversamples of Latinos), it was learned 57 percent of Latino Catholics would vote for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Contrasting this demographic are Latino Protestants, only 22 percent of which would vote for the legalization of same-sex marriages. According to the Pew Forum, Catholics constitute about 31 percent of California's population.

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