Lowe's used to be the home supply store for macho do-it-yourselfers who want to pick up a chain saw or a sledge hammer along with a box of garbage bags.

Now it's steeping in a political mess, the result of acceding to the demands of a "pro-family" group — a warm-and-fuzzy sounding way to describe a group that specializes in email campaigns targeted against TV shows that treat minorities as human beings.

In this case, the target was "All-American Muslim," The Learning Channel's new reality show that depicts five Muslim families in Dearborn as they entertain, bicker, laugh and get married. The show's premise — that Muslims are Americans, too — verges on the silly in its obviousness, or so most would think. But the Florida Family Association branded the show, which premiered a month ago, as "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values."