I know, but you'd think that a newspaper editor would be smart enough to not print an obviously racist statement in an editorial.
Regardless of how I feel about Islamic terrorists, an Ameican citizen who is Muslim is still an American citizen, and deserves all the rights accorded to any one of us. For the Muncie paper to make such an obvious ploy to appeal to ignorance and fear is pretty scummy, if you ask me.
I think you miss-read the statement.
They are trying to say that if the list continues to be publicly available they will be able to tell if someone is discriminated against because they are muslim. They are not condoning denying muslims ltch.
I tis a lame attempt to evoke emotion to their side like most of the letter.
From the editorial:
Unless the bill, HB1068 is amended, this kind of examination of the gun permit process will be closed. It will be impossible for a newspaper -- or you -- to dig for this information.
It also will be nearly impossible to find out whether police or other members are denying permits to legitimate applicants, maybe because of race or names that might denote a Muslim background, for example.