Muslims in Congress? Not If the Right-Wingers Can Prevent It!
The Right-Wingers, mainly the GOP, do NOT want Muslims in Congress or even in public office as the following headlines culled from stories posted on the “Right Wing Watch” website reveal.
*10 Commandments Judge Roy Moore: Muslims not Fit for Congress. – Posted 13 December 2006
*Anti-Immigration Virginia Congressman [Rep. Virgil Goode, Jr. (R-Virginia)] Joins Campaign against Muslim Rep [Keith Ellison] (Updated). – Posted 19 December 2006
*Virginia Rep [Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Virginia)] Invokes 9/11 in Continuing Comments on Muslim Congressman [Keith Ellison]. – Posted 3 January 2007
*Keith Ellison and the Right’s Version of Religious Liberty. – Posted 9 January 2007
*[Pat] Robertson: Muslim Politicians Will ‘Destroy’ American Civilization. – Posted 20 March 2007
*Idaho Congressman [Rep. Bill Sali (R-Idaho)]: Hindu Prayer, Muslim Rep Will Doom America. – Posted 9 August 2007
*Washington Times Outlet Claims Congressmen Secretly Fear Muslim Rep. – Posted 23 August 2007
*AFA [American Family Association]: Religious Tests Are Perfectly Acceptable [for Public Office]. – Posted 14 December 2009
*Texas Eagle Forum Calls for Banning Muslims from Military, Government Jobs, and Running for Office. – Posted 4 November 2010
*[Michele] Bachmann-Supported Group Claims Rep. Ellison Using Gays to Impose Sharia on US. – Posted 1 December 2010
*[Herman] Cain: No Religion in Politics Except For “Biblical Principles”. – Posted 4 April 2011
*Tea Party Nation: Bring Back McCarthyism and Ban Muslims from the Cabinet. – Posted 10 June 2011
*Keith Ellison Opponent [Lynne Torgerson] Accuses Him of Being a “Radical Islamist”. – Posted 23 June 2011
*[David] Barton: Solution to Concerns about Muslims in Congress is to Convert them to Christianity. – Posted 27 April 2012
*WND [World Net Daily] Pundit [Lord Christopher Monckton]: Ban Muslims from Public Office. – Posted 16 November 2015
*Bryan Fischer: ‘I Believe Muslims Can and Should Be Excluded From Congress’. – Posted 30 October 2017
*Roy Moore, Who Said Muslim Shouldn’t Be Seated In Congress, Denies Supporting Religious Test for Office. – Posted 31 October 2017
*Frank Gaffney Labels Muslim Candidates ‘Sharia Supremacists’. – Posted 7 September 2018
*Anti-Muslim Activist Philip Haney Is On ‘Special Covert Assignment’ Against Keith Ellison. – Posted 23 October 2018
*American Pastors Network Bemoans Election of Muslim Women to Congress, Puts Hopes in Conservative Supreme Court. – Posted 16 November 2018
*John Guandolo: The Attorney General and DOJ [Department of Justice] Should Have Prevented Muslims from Being Elected to Congress. – Posted 29 November 2018
*E.W. Jackson: Electing Muslims to Congress Is ‘Just Beyond the Pale’. – Posted 6 December 2018
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.If they've endorsed any ideology/religion containing primary hate speech in its manifesto, holy texts or other documents officially tied to the ideology/religion in question, they should all resign and get out of politics and leave it to fully moral people do do the job instead. The only reason anyone has any right to point at Muslims in this way is that Muslims endorse a document that contains vicious primary hate speech, but if that's the reason for pointing at them, these Christian politicians need to point at themselves in the same way if they have likewise endorsed such a document (i.e. the Bible). If that is not their motivation though, what is it? Racism? Either they're racists or hypocrites (who condemn some primary hate while endorsing other primary hate) - I'll leave it to them to decide which label applies to them.
David_Cooper
Level 7
Dec 16, 2018
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Hypocrisy abounds! The argument of not wanting Muslims in Congress is like saying "my god is OK but my god is the only one." People are going nuts about this on conservative talk radio. Nothing sensible will happen until we wake up and realize that religion and politics do not go together nor do they belong together.
DenoPenno
Level 9
Dec 16, 2018
5
Amen!
@maturin1919 geeze that's depressing....
Reading this only increases my confusion on how our supreme court is allowing government bodies to keep IGWT in public buildings and vehicles (not to mention the money), with the lame ass excuse that is "doesn't promote a certain religion". Oh really. How is that, when the xtians claim this is a nation under god, that the constitution invokes god and how our society is based on christian-judeo values? What other "god" could you possibly be referring to?
As far as Muslims in American government...lets just call a spade a spade. They are as bad as xtians in wanting to promote their religion and feeling that non believers really have no place on this earth. I mean...middle east. Theocracy much?
How do you reconcile those beliefs as a political figure in what's supposed to be a religion-neutral government. We see daily proof it either can't, or just won't be done.
People are fallible. They have agendas. I'm so discouraged right now with all this xtain agenda pushing. I know it's not a new thing...but it just seems so polarized right now.
Is our only defense against the xtain push to make sure as many other religions as possible are represented in government? To vote obviously non xtains, like Muslims, into our government? I'm just just so confused as to the state of our nation right now. Someone please help me understand....
Freespirit64
Level 8
Dec 16, 2018
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Honestly, I don’t ‘want’ muslims in office any more than I want christians, or mormons… Organized religion needs extracted from politics, not included or encouraged.
Varn
Level 8
Dec 16, 2018
6
iunderstand....ive been reading about Utah...i mean..wth
I am with you on that! Get organized religion out of goverment!!!!!
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