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Despite GOP Objections, Hawaii Lawmakers Back the Creation of "Islam Day"
Weasel Zippers ^
Posted on 05/06/2009 7:27:58 PM PDT by Liam2007
Hawaii's state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" — over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to Sept. 11, 2001.
The Senate's two Republicans argued that a minority of Islamic extremists have killed many innocents in terrorist attacks.
"I recall radical Islamists around the world cheering the horrors of 9/11. That is the day all civilized people of all religions should remember," said Republican Sen. Fred Hemmings to the applause of more than 100 people gathered in the Senate to oppose a separate issue — same-sex civil unions.
(Excerpt) Read more at weaselzippers.net ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: 2009; hawaii; islam; islamday; muslim; muslims; sept24; september24
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:27:58 PM PDT
by
Liam2007
To: Liam2007
Not without a Baha’i day. Never!
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:30:03 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(Freep and ye shall find!)
To: Liam2007
Ah good! Now instead of throwing virgins into the Volcano, we can just strap explosives to them and blow them up! Praise Alaha!!!!
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:31:12 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
(Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
To: Liam2007
HOW about a PCA day (Presbyterian Church of America)????? Or even CHRISTIAN day?????
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:31:30 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(WE have a REPUBLIC.....IF we can KEEP IT!!!)
To: Liam2007
Being “oppressed” “noble savages,” moslems don’t count as a religion the way chr*stianity does, so the ACLU won’t mind a bit.
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:33:24 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Vaydabber Mosheh 'et-mo`adei HaShem 'el-Benei Yisra'el.)
To: goodnesswins
I don’t think you’ll see that!
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:33:38 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Liam2007
isn’t the governor jewish?
is she going to sign this?
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:34:08 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
To: Liam2007
How is this not a violation of the Establishment Clause?
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:34:26 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Liam2007
One Islam Day ...
...was more than enough.
To: Liam2007
Is that where 0 goes to pray?
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:35:28 PM PDT
by
TribalPrincess2U
(The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
To: Liam2007
Hawaii's state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" — over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to Sept. 11, 2001.
Islam is not a religion. Ti is a violent political ideology of which religion is only one component and is used to impose Sharia law on all non muslim societies. It is anathema to the U.S. Constitution.
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:36:06 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: Liam2007
I'm sure that the islamists will really respect the native religion of Hawaii once they take over. S/
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:37:27 PM PDT
by
JimC214
To: Liam2007
Guess what? Muslims don’t have an Islam day. Idiots need to find Obama’s birth certificate.
To: FlyingEagle
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:41:16 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Liam2007
Is there a christian day? Anyone seen the first Amendment?
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:41:48 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(Taxes only help an evil government)
To: Liam2007
I’m too young for this crap. How many more decades must I endure? < :’’’(
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:43:09 PM PDT
by
my_pointy_head_is_sharp
(...Mohammedanism...the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog...)
To: Liam2007
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:43:59 PM PDT
by
GBA
To: Liam2007
The bill seeks to recognize "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions" that Islam and the Islamic world have made.
The quote above sounds almost exactly like what Obama said in one of his many speeches, almost word for word.
The beneficial contributions are....what...exactly? And contributions to whom?
Hawaii might be mostly Dem-leaning, but it isn't a potential Ummah by any stretch. Major kudos to the 2 Repubs fighting back on this.
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posted on
05/06/2009 7:49:25 PM PDT
by
KJC1
To: Liam2007
Despite GOP Objections, Hawaii Lawmakers Back the Creation of "Islam Day" Because Islam has created so much to celebrate?
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