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Muslim Day: Bay Area faithful come to Sacramento to lobby lawmakers
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 04/28/2015 | Jessica Calefati

Posted on 04/28/2015 6:13:49 AM PDT by artichokegrower

In several dozen meetings Monday at the state Capitol, lobbyists asked Bay Area lawmakers to back bills that would boost wages for women, temporarily freeze tuition for in-state college students and preserve Californians' privacy.

But these were no ordinary lobbyists. They were Muslim students, business owners and community leaders who traveled to Sacramento for a "lobby day" organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


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I must have missed Christian Day.
1 posted on 04/28/2015 6:13:49 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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> I must have missed Christian Day.

Heh.


2 posted on 04/28/2015 6:15:32 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: artichokegrower

[But these were no ordinary lobbyists.]

Are they special?


3 posted on 04/28/2015 6:20:22 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
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To: artichokegrower

So CAIR is organizing in each state now...


4 posted on 04/28/2015 6:20:38 AM PDT by goodnesswins (I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
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To: artichokegrower

Being faithful to Islam is NOT a good thing....


5 posted on 04/28/2015 6:23:28 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: artichokegrower

Muslims are learning how to play the progressives game.


6 posted on 04/28/2015 6:33:37 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: artichokegrower

I’d have BLTs ready for all comers.

Peeps gotta be fed.


7 posted on 04/28/2015 6:50:10 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that - Baltimore's Democrat Mayor)
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To: skeeter

The liberal progressives of California should realize that these Muslim lobbyist are lobbying for the subjugation of women and the oppression if not annihilation of gays.


8 posted on 04/28/2015 7:05:51 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

The liberal progressives care only about agitating and oppressing conservatives. Nothing else enters their insipid minds.


9 posted on 04/28/2015 7:09:10 AM PDT by skeeter
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