Compare and contrast: Toleration and appeasement

In November, the Washington National Cathedral, a major Episcopal church, allowed Muslims to hold a service in their cathedral. Most praised the action as a sign of tolerance. But the Rev. Franklin Graham, son of the Rev. Billy Graham, disparaged the action since it allowed a prayer service to the Muslim god Allah rather than Jesus Christ in a Christian house of worship.

We seem to have an appeaser in the White House (or perhaps worse) and we also have an appeaser in the Rev. Canon Gina Campbell, pastor of the cathedral, who said, “Let us stretch our hearts and let us seek to deepen mercy for we worship the same God.”

The event was co-sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group with well-documented ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, terrorist groups that celebrate the murder of innocent Christians and Jews.  

Well... here would be another sign of tolerance. When will all those tolerant, peace-loving, moderate Muslims allow a Christian worship service in one of their major mosques! I’m not holding my breath.

As Winston Churchill said, “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” Why am I beginning to feel like dessert? —P. David Myerowitz, Columbia Falls