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Democrats Change 181 Year-Old Rule To Allow Ilhan Omar To Wear Hijab In The House
Citizen Free Press ^ | 12/2/18 | Kane

Posted on 12/02/2018 2:33:15 PM PST by Baynative

For 181 years, the U.S. House of Representatives has imposed a ban on its members wearing head coverings. With Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress, set to take her oath of office in January, that rule—which would have prohibited her wearing her customary headscarves or the hijab—is slated to change.

The change was proposed jointly by Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, Incoming Rules Chairman Jim McGovern and member-elect Ilhan Omar as part of a larger overhaul package.

When Omar is sworn in next year, she will become the first federal legislator to wear a religious headscarf. Her arrival will mark a number of other “firsts” as well. The Minnesota Democrat will be the first Somali-American in Congress and the first woman of color to represent her state in Washington. She’ll be joined by fellow Midwestern Democrat, Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib, as the first two Muslim women in Congress.

Hats of any kind have been banned from the House floor since 1837.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota
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To: dowcaet

File a law suit!!!


41 posted on 12/02/2018 2:51:24 PM PST by Clean_Sweep
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

We have some freepers who think someone born in a foreign country with one citizen parent can be a natural born citizen.

That describes Anwar al-Awlaki’s kids and Ted Cruz.


42 posted on 12/02/2018 2:52:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Sacajaweau
Islam is a political movement terrorist organization....under the guise of religion.

fixed it for you.

43 posted on 12/02/2018 2:52:35 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Baynative
"When Omar is sworn in next year, she will become the first federal legislator to wear a religious headscarf."

No, I believe that would be a sign of her political affiliations..

44 posted on 12/02/2018 2:52:39 PM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: dowcaet

Creeping Shariah. I’ll bet the Muslimahs will demand the floor anytime they want it or else you’re all Islamophobes. I’ll further bet the hijabi b!tches will demand to speak together at the same time.

The culture war is going to the next level.


45 posted on 12/02/2018 2:53:41 PM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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To: Baynative

The Democrat “party” is a RICO/terrorist organization posing as a politics-as-usual interest group going on two centuries. We already had one war with them over the ‘negro question’. How many data points do we need before it’s treated as the organized crime syndicate and terrorist group it really is?


46 posted on 12/02/2018 2:55:54 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Baynative
It won't be long now...


47 posted on 12/02/2018 2:56:49 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

I’d vote for President Camacho over any Democrat.


48 posted on 12/02/2018 2:57:36 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: a fool in paradise
"Can news crews photograph her or is that forbidden?"

Lots of pictures ...sometimes she wears what I think of as a Hijab...

Other times what she wears looks like African tribal gear.


49 posted on 12/02/2018 2:57:39 PM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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To: elcid1970

So we see that this 180 year old rule is more fake news ...


50 posted on 12/02/2018 2:58:02 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Baynative

Great, then those who want to wear Crosses or Blessed Mother pins and openly carry rosaries will be free to do so.

Kinda nice.


51 posted on 12/02/2018 2:58:24 PM PST by Maris Crane
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To: elcid1970

Will the House now be required to have the daily (or is it hourly???) Islamic call of prayer to appease this Islamic congress woman?


52 posted on 12/02/2018 2:59:07 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: Baynative

Wonder if Christians/Jews allowed to wear their symbols.


53 posted on 12/02/2018 3:00:40 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: dowcaet

The same people wanting this are the same people banning nativity scenes and where is the ACLU? sarc


54 posted on 12/02/2018 3:00:50 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: depressed in 06

A Nudist,,,
That’s the Ticket!


55 posted on 12/02/2018 3:01:17 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Baynative
Can't wear a MAGA hat to school. Can't display a manger in a public place during Christmas. Can't have Christmas pageants in public schools. Can't pray in school.

But you can wear a Hijab in Congress.

56 posted on 12/02/2018 3:01:20 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Baynative

Next is the prayer room. No problem. We have a DNC majority.


57 posted on 12/02/2018 3:02:25 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: dowcaet
"The same people who are praising this decision to allow these women to don headwear as a sign of their RELIGION are the same ones banning public displays of the nativity and trying to prohibit the use of the word CHRISTMAS."

Yeah... The very same ones.. If questioned, how in the world could they possible explain it in a way that would make any sense at all..?

58 posted on 12/02/2018 3:02:30 PM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: Baynative
None of that is a problem to me. I was thinking of a burqa.
59 posted on 12/02/2018 3:04:21 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Baynative

Dhimmicrats...


60 posted on 12/02/2018 3:07:21 PM PST by PTBAA
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