Not to be racist or stereotypical, but what group is best known for religous extremism? Probably Muslims because of events such as 9/11 and that thing with the cartoon with Muhammad. These religous extremists seek to create a society where religion is the answer to everything pretty much, and (in their case) the Koran is the law, discrimination against women and all. But I didn't really start this thread to talk about Islamic religous extremists. What about Amerca? The First Amendment in the Constitution discusses freedom of religion and worship among other things...and yet...why is gay marriage such a big issue? Mainly becase the bible says it's bad. I'm Jewish. I shouldn't be bound by a law based off of a bible passage, and if I were gay this would greatly infringe upon my abilty to pursue happiness. And after all, aren't we all supposed to be entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?". Well, apparently not when the bible decides your way of pursuing happiness is bad. A wise man once said, "our freedom ends where others' freedom begins.". I do not see how things like gay marriage infringe upon others' freedom, but I do see how freedom of worship for certain Christians restricts others' freedom, and that's when I begin thinking. It may not be on a very large scale at all, nothing Taliban-esque, but are we as Americans really hipocrits when it comes to things such as religious extremism? Please discuss.