What happened to Faith?

This may not seem like a Faith topic tonight but it is. It takes a completely different route today but it questions Faith in people and us.
What happened to our Faith as Americans? Was it September 11, 2001? Did we lose Faith because terrorists decided to hurt American lifestyles and cultures? Or did we lose Faith in the earlier years?  Did we lose Faith when darker skinned people were brought from Africa, Egypt, the Caribbeans and other places and were bought to America as slaves? Or even still did we lose Faith in the early 1990s when the Oklahoma City bomber decided to kill all of those innocent people?
What happened to us as Americans? What happened to the Faith we had that it would all be okay? What happened to the freedom and the acceptance of all? I thought this was a place where everyone was accepted. I thought America was a democracy and although you may be different you are still accepted.  Well, this is not always true. I grew up not being accepted. Why? Because of the color of my skin.  I learned to get through that and I lived and survived. Now, it is happening to others. I am a believer in equality and I have had lots of mistreatment and I have had inequality. I know the racism, the nonacceptance and how hard it can be to try to fit in.
Now, let me ask you again. What happened to our Faith as Americans? Was it when slavery was the most popular thing in the world? No...because people had Faith. The slaves had Faith they would be free one day. The slave owners had Faith they would not have to work in the fields.  Well, both sides had Faith. The slaves became free and the former slave owners had to pay people to work their fields.
Was it when the Oklahoma City bombing took place? No, because we as Americans had Faith it was an isolated incident. We had Faith the city would rebuild and although we would not forget we would forgive. The Oklahoma City bombing was one person. Slavery was many people. So what about September 11, 2001? We as Americans lost our freedoms due to a few people. We (Americans) keep trying to rebuild but people keep pushing us down.
Let me tell you something. I feel for everyone that lost a family member in September 11th. I may not have lost anywhere there that I know of but I have lost people in my life. With that said, have Faith everything will be okay. So Muslims want to build a mosque. If they are American who are we to tell them they can not practice religion here? Are we not a democracy? Are we not accepting of all? Are we not supposed to be the best country around?
WAKE UP! Where is your Faith? Does everyone really think that with the mosque being built these are people who will attack? They may have had family in one of the two towers. They may have had family in one of the planes. They are people too and they suffered just like we have. Let Muslims have their mosque in NYC near Ground Zero. They deserve to practice their religion just like we do.  Did you condone Hitler and trying to make the world an Aryan nation? Are you along with the skinheads who want to take out all that look different? Let me ask something else. Do you agree with the immigration law in Arizona?
If you said yes to any of these, you do not have Faith in people. You are placing blame in people that have nothing to do with what we are facing today. Racial profiling due to incidents that occurred because of stupid and ignorant people is just as stupid. Have Faith in people. We can let our past control the future in the worst way, or we can take a chance, learn from mistakes in the past and have Faith it will all work out. With Faith we will go forward. Without it, we will continue to go backwards as a society and see some of the worst times ahead.