I challenge you to provide attribution for your post. The highlighted text of your post has circulated on the net for at least 15 months that I could find, and while I find it oft quoted, I could not find where it was originally published. If it was published in a Florida newspaper it can be sourced.
I'd also like you to provide attribution for the source of "the state of Florida changed its opinion and let a Muslim woman have her picture on her driver's license with her face covered".
Please understand I am making no comment about the essay itself, but given that you have posted that the essay was published in response to alleged "facts", I think you have an obligation to source the materials.