>>I'd go a step further - the radical Christianity isn't fringe enough. It's influencing lawmaking too much. The dog is being wagged. Which doesn't set a good example to the Islamic world, does it?
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>Nice way to twist it to blame the Christian right. Do you think the Islamic world really gives a flying fark what influences laws outside of the Koran?

You speak as if this islamic world has one single mind. Those among them who would want Sharia out of their hair can be easily quashed by the fundamentalists who'd just have to say "look how Christian priests make laws in USA".

Forgot about setting an example?