Posted on 02/15/2008 10:23:49 PM PST by jan in Colorado
A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics.
Political newcomer Andre Carson is the Democratic nominee in a March 11 special election to succeed his late grandmother, Julia Carson, representing Indiana's 7th District. She died in December of lung cancer, and her grandson is seeking to fill out the rest of her sixth term, which expires at year's end.
If Andre Carson wins the Democratic-leaning Indianapolis district over a freshman Republican legislator and a long shot Libertarian candidate, he would join Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., as the only Muslims elected to Congress.
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Vince, please read the links in post 120 and 121. It will help you with facts to back up your argument in class! ;o)
That is truly scary, I live in Indiana and watch the Indy news every night and I NEVER saw Calypso Louie anywhere during the wall-to-wall coverage of the funeral. Maybe I just wasn’t paying enough attention...
The press truly shows us what they want us to see.
All I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11.
Yep...see post 58.
Yeah. I learned all I needed to on the morning of 9/11/01.
To think people were concerned about having a Mormon in office. Now we may have a Muslim. What a scary thought.
Scary and unacceptable!
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