Posted on 09/23/2023 3:11:33 PM PDT by grundle
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. —
...last year, a Muslim who emigrated from Yemen as a teenager became mayor — the city’s first leader in nearly a century with no Polish roots — alongside what is believed to be the nation’s only all-Muslim city council.
Many residents in this tiny enclave just north of downtown Detroit saw these changes as a sign of the Hamtramck’s progressiveness. The Muslim community that had previously experienced discrimination, including voter intimidation and resistance to mosques’ public call to prayer, had finally taken its seats at the table.
Yet the ethnic, cultural and religious diversity that made Hamtramck something of a model is being put severely to the test. In June, after divisive debate, the six-member council blocked the display of Pride flags on city property — action that has angered allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community, who feel that the support they provided the immigrant groups has been reciprocated with betrayal.
“We welcomed you,” former council member Catrina Stackpoole, a retired social worker who identifies as gay, recalls telling the council this summer. “We created nonprofits to help feed, clothe, find housing. We did everything we could to make your transition here easier, and this is how you repay us, by stabbing us in the back?”
Some people, like 23-year-old Selena Briggs, are talking about moving out of the city, saying they no longer feel welcome.
“I don’t feel comfortable to even hold hands with my girlfriend,” said Briggs, a lesbian who works at a cellphone shop on Joseph Campau Street, a main commercial thoroughfare lined with mostly aging store fronts where furniture, clothing, jewelry and cannabis can be bought.
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“Catrina, what did you think was going to happen? Idiots.”
She thought they were going to fork over their kids. At least that’s what she was hoping for.
I don't think were "thinking" then. ;O)
I wonder if their infidel selves have managed to escape the attentions of their conquering male masters.
Absolute BS, you did nothing. The Muslims who moved into that once Polish neighborhood created their own opportunities and opened their own store fronts with no support from any homosexual or lesbian organization.
Keep in mind that that enclave was originally settled by Polish immigrants who have since died off and their children moved to the suburbs and now it is being resettled by the Muslim immigrants.
Personally, I have no problem with them and you would be hard pressed to read of any crimes being committed in that area compared to the rest of Detroit........
“In June, after divisive debate, the six-member council blocked the display of Pride flags on city property..”
If memory served the council banned all flags except the U.S., state, military and related flags such as POW/MIA. Not just whiner perv flags.
And you should!
That is your primitive brain warning you.
If you had informed yourself of the nature of the people you were inviting into your community you would have learned that Muslims are known for being so homophobic that they throw gays off of tall buildings.
Listen to your primitive brain while it is still intact and not splattered on the pavement
“You knew what I was when you picked me up!”, hissed the snake.
Leftists never think about the consequences of their actions. They see the world through red (commie) colored glasses, rainbows or unicorns.
Useful idiots find out they aren’t so useful anymore.
Enjoy your pets, progressives. History has shown Islam brings nothing but death, destruction, ignorance, and violence. Hmmm. Maybe it is “progressive.”
Reminds me of the snake wanting a ride across the river. You knew what they were.
I read that yesterday. Thank goodness you reminded me.
“the six-member council blocked the display of Pride flags on city property —”
Well Catrina, you can do what us Christians are forced to do and put your displays on non-city property or private property.
EC
Last year, a Muslim who emigrated from Yemen as a teenager became mayor.
Most people are at a loss wondering how things got so bad.
Clue your stupidity.
I just love a good Islam vs woke battle.
In collectivist thinking, Cause and Effect got a divorce and are not speaking to each other.
Hmph. Apparently, Muslims have a pair. Too bad so many Christians gave theirs up.
The LuggButt “community” cares only about access to your kids. Either directly (see NAMBLA)or by pushing mutilation by those willing to take $$$ in order to touch the kiddies before cutting off their bits.
This is nothing but depravity.
If you do not actively oppose this, no god will recognize you when your time comes. Oblivion is the best you can hope for. It is my fervent hope you don’t even get that.
If you believe in souls yours is being tested and being found wanting.
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