DescentBB

...the catholic archbishop in New York called for the placement of a white cross in the American flag where the stars normally are?

He'd be called a fool and that would be the end of that...however, this is happening in Russia:

Imam's Call to Add Crescent Moon Symbol to Russian Emblem Met With Alarm

http://tinyurl.com/6hymxnl

Is the imam merely a fool that will be laughed off or is there a real possibility of people dying?

There is a whole deep dark world of deadly difference between Putin and his supporters and Obama and his with regard to how they might react to such a request.
And by making me think of it in those terms you have found something I can be happy about when I think about Obama being my President.
As for the request, it's kind of like announcing you want to build a Muslim center and mosque at Ground Zero only the reception is going to be a little different. I think it's going to suck to be that imam, he'll probably be diagnosed with radiation poisoning soon if he isn't careful.

Yep. The Russians and Chinese don't mess around with that sort of thing.

I think he's just a fool, nothing more. Sure, let's tweak a 15th-century symbol just for the hell of it!