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Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Bill to Create 'Islam Day'
Foxnews ^ | May 06, 2009 | By Kelly Chernenkoff

Posted on 05/20/2012 5:18:10 PM PDT by redreno

HONOLULU -- 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: birthers; democrat; democrats; hawaii; indonesia; islam; islamday; kenya; muslim; terrorist; wot
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To: super7man

It already passed in 2009. This is a May 6, 2009 story.


41 posted on 05/20/2012 6:25:30 PM PDT by GrandmaPatriot
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To: redreno

9/11 sure scared the sh*t out of a lot of people who claim to be “americans”.


42 posted on 05/20/2012 6:27:36 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life. - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
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To: Vendome

Separation of MOSQUE and state.


43 posted on 05/20/2012 6:30:30 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: redreno
This might have been Breaking News May 06, 2009
44 posted on 05/20/2012 6:39:53 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: Brandonmark

I don’t care when it happened, I just heard about it.

Sort of like Hawaii deciding they want to be the turd in punch bowl of the United States.


45 posted on 05/20/2012 7:04:51 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Brandonmark

I don’t care when it happened, I just heard about it.

Sort of like Hawaii deciding they want to be the turd in punch bowl of the United States.


46 posted on 05/20/2012 7:05:21 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: ml/nj; All

Well what they did was wrong and UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Period..


47 posted on 05/20/2012 7:50:13 PM PDT by KevinDavis (The birther movement was started by a 9/11 truther..)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Impy; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican
>> the [Hawaii] State Senate which now has just 1 Republican <<

>> Wow...a state with worse ratios of Republicans than MA has. <<

That's 1 more than the Chicago City Council has. From 1993-2011 the chamber was 49 RATs, 1 Republican. Since last year, it's been 100% RAT.

48 posted on 05/20/2012 7:52:20 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Illegals for Perry/Gingrich 2012 : Don't be "heartless"/ Be "humane")
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To: redreno

The most dangerous place in the world on 9/12/2001, was to be standing between a politician and the nearest mosque.


49 posted on 05/20/2012 8:11:53 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("...The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God" Zech. 12:5)
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To: redreno

So much for separation of Church and State.

Now go pay your taxes: Hawaii needs to buy Qurans for Islam Day. :)


50 posted on 05/20/2012 8:19:42 PM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican

One enormous reason why I favor granting HI independence. Make an arrangement for perpetual lease of the military bases and cut them loose. A Marxist state with a Marxist moonbat delegation, Marxist moonbat legislature, and a Stalinist hippie Governor has nothing to contribute to the rest of the country at large except to enhance our collective misery with leaders antithetical to responsibility, freedom and morality. Cut them loose and it may go a long way to helping them learn personal responsibility again.


51 posted on 05/20/2012 8:20:06 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: redreno
I think Islam day is a fantastic idea. On that day, without fear of being labeled bigots or islamophobes, everyone should feel free to post any number of articles, pictures, histories etc. of just what Islam stands for.....How about the picture of the woman kneeling with a refle pointed at her head just prior to execution. How about pictures, unretouched, of the people jumping to their deaths from the towers. Maybe an article or two about the girls schools in Afghanistan burned by the taliban where the kids werenlt allowed out because they weren't properly covered.

I think much could be done with such a day and I'll probable send a letter to Hawaii with my brilliant suggestion.....I may win a free vacation!!!

52 posted on 05/20/2012 8:20:13 PM PDT by terycarl (lurking, but well informed)
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To: ml/nj

Using their words....

I can make a strongernplay but my opening is to throw it back in their face and then lite into them.


53 posted on 05/20/2012 8:23:36 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live athrough it anyway)
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To: Paladin2
Sounds like an Eat Bacon Day.

I was thinking Draw Mohammed Day.

54 posted on 05/20/2012 8:23:45 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican

Wow...reminds me of the Soviet Union or present day Cuba and China.


55 posted on 05/20/2012 8:46:09 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (We may die, but DISCO LIVES FOREVER!!!)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Yep, a “religion of peace” with “women of cover”.

What happened to the dems yelling separation of church and state?


56 posted on 05/20/2012 8:50:50 PM PDT by Terry Mross ("It happened. And we let it happen." Peter Griffin - FAMILY GUY)
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To: yarddog
I don’t care when it happened, I just heard about it.

I’m just saying……….and while I am not perfect and certainly not one that likes to be bitchin at fellow freepers, however as a courtesy, I make it a habit to search for an article to see if it had already been posted before re-posting (particularly a dated one):

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57 posted on 05/20/2012 9:01:47 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: redreno

Can you beat your spouse legally on Islam Day?


58 posted on 05/20/2012 9:02:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Not only that, you can rape that pretty girl you have always liked and then she has to marry you.


59 posted on 05/20/2012 9:09:55 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: redreno; John Semmens

Is this thread one of yours John?


60 posted on 05/20/2012 10:00:19 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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