Posted on 09/02/2011 9:07:47 AM PDT by marshmallow
Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) –Prior to 2006, few people even knew that then-Minnesota state legislator Keith Ellison was a Muslim. Because of his English name, he said, no one thought to ask.
But five years ago, when he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives - a race he would go on to win - word of his religious affiliation began to spread.
“When I started running for Congress it actually took me by surprise that so many people were fascinated with me being the first Muslim in Congress,” said Ellison, a Democrat now serving his third term in the House.
“But someone said to me, ‘Look Keith, think of a person of Japanese origin running for Congress six years after Pearl Harbor–this might be a news story.’”
Though Ellison's status as the first Muslim elected to Congress is widely known, fewer are aware that he was born into a Catholic family in Detroit and was brought up attending Catholic schools.
But he said he was never comfortable with that faith.
“I just felt it was ritual and dogma,” Ellison said. “Of course, that’s not the reality of Catholicism, but it’s the reality I lived. So I just kind of lost interest and stopped going to Mass unless I was required to.”
It wasn’t until he was a student at Wayne State University in Detroit when Ellison began, “looking for other things.”
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That isn’t an answer to the question.
I didn’t expect that Protestant ministers would not be permitted in Catholic hospitals.
The question was whether the hospitals to which you were referring that you worked in were Catholic hospitals or not.
Thank you. That led to part of my confusion.
Well, I've usually thought so ;)
Name one.
That may be a bit different then by region, as most Pastors here just check in with the front desk and not necessarily with the actual nurses station on the floor. As for the psych wards, I've got no clue on that one as I've not had any experience with them at all. I've heard that they do visit, but I don't know for certain.
Half of the hospitals and none of the extended care facilities.
Hey, I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. :o)
You accused Free Republic of something with which I disagree, strongly. I should be able to say why I disagree. Avoid saying derogatory things on an open forum and then you won't be challenged. I also don't think there is anything anyone could say that would convince me otherwise concerning the idea that FR is "anti-Catholic". If that were true, then tell me why so many threads get posted by Catholics? Why is there no limit on the amount posted per day? I hardly think allowing opposing views should warrant being labeled Anti-Catholic and asserting such sounds a lot like symptoms of persecution complex. You want Anti-Catholic, try Democrat Underground or Huffington Post - then you would have room to complain.
Other than that, I hope you have a good night, too, and a great Labor Day holiday.
all visitors are required to check in with the nurses’ stations due to health restrictions, ie infection control, mealtime and medication routines, permitted and not permitted items ie flowers, plants, and patient/family restrictions on who is allowed to visit.
I’m not interested in arguing. Have a good Labor Day.
Considering both the number of Catholic threads posted daily and the allowance for the caucus designation at their request, it’s hard for any claim of anti-Catholicism to have any credibility.
LOL!!!
Maybe where you're at, but I can tell you from experience that it's not that way everywhere. Like I said, I suspect that it may be a regional thing, as I'm in a fairly small, rural area and the hospital staff tends to know the local Pastors.
Front desk calls the nurses’ station, in my experience.
Korans are not sold in “my” store. Bibles are.
Well, because many see that orthodoxy contains the completeness of faith and these who see it, but who do not wish to acknowledge it, feel inadequate.
That may be the part that I've been missing, as I know that the Pastors check in with either the Front desk or the Reception desk, if they're separate. Anyway, the point is that we do offer counseling to not only the dying but also the family of the dying. It may not be as formalized as the Catholic Rites and what not, but it's still there.
As are the last rites, and/or annointing of the sick.
The cult, Quix is actually your own which talks of 9/11 conspiracies, believes that Jesus was an alien and generally flaps with the wind and every fad
Most of the worst of them usually get deleted.
The rest, best to leave them up for the lurkers to see.
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