Posted on 06/15/2010 7:02:29 AM PDT by redk
(CNN) - Whispers about Nikki Haley's Sikh heritage burst into public view in the final days of South Carolina's Republican gubernatorial primary when state Sen. Jake Knotts called the Indian-American legislator a "raghead."
Knotts offered a pseudo-apology and was roundly condemned for the remark. Haley went on to win the primary in dominant fashion, capturing nearly 50 percent of the vote in a four-way race. She now faces Rep. Gresham Barrett in the June 22 runoff election.
But while Haley's commanding win last Tuesday proved her electoral viability - she won 42 of the state's 46 counties in the primary, including evangelical-heavy areas like Greenville and Spartanburg - it did not completely erase suspicions about her faith.
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He would invariably wear his wool suit on Sundays when a baptism was scheduled.
The stupid thing is, a Sikh observer is not a Muslim observer.
That being the case, this is such a non-issue that it baffles the mind why CNN would bother to develop this report in the first place.
It’s completely meaningless. It would have been a much better service for them to explain what the Sikh religion is.
Gurus, not Mohamed are the focus.
These are a peaceful people. There are twenty-six million of them around the world.
Calling them a raghead reveals a vast ignorance on the part of the person using the term. Raghead is generally a term used to describe Middle-Eastern Muslim supporters, who can be very violent toward the West.
Sikhs are not.
Is Jake Snott’s a republican or demon-rat?
Sikhs are very different from Muslims. Their most beloved martyr was tortured and beheaded by the Muslims because he was protecting Hindus from forced conversion, and wouldn't convert himself so that they would follow. This guy is their ideal, that you would give your life to protect people of another religion, not even your own. That's pretty much the opposite of Muslims.
Of course, directly attacking them and their religion is dangerous, as Indira Ghandi found out.
I am glad. However, my experience with most Methodists is that they do not believe that faith in Christ is the only way to heaven.
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Unfortunately, that seems to be the case too often. Over the past few years, our church has accepted interns from the Claremont School of Theology, which trains most of our local pastors, and virtually all have reflected the school's hard-left ideology.
Our current pastor is not a productg of this school. He was born in Korea and turned to the ministry after a career in business. However, it probably is only a matter of time before we get a leftist in our pulpit--and when we do, many of our parishioners will likely leave for the Evangelical Free Church just up the street.
Doesn’t surprise me. Remember whose dirty finger prints are all over the SC race (Huckabee).
Methodists have the best music of any denomination. Hymn writers of the Methodist faith include Charles Gabriel (”He is So Precious to Me”), Phillip Bliss (”Hold the Fort,” “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning”), William Kirkpatrick (”Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah,” “Jesus Saves”), Leila Morris (”The Stranger of Galilee,” “Sweet Will of God”) William Tomer (”God Be With You Till We Meet Again”), and Daniel Towner (”The Old Ship of Zion,” “Trust and Obey”).
I have doubts about Barrett. He did vote for TARP.
I think you answered your own question, at least from a liberal perspective.
May as well plant some Longleaf pines too, you’ll have timber before anybody finds that.
“This is the best they can do against her? The left must really be panicking.”
Yes, they are ... she will make a great Governor.
I wouldn’t be surprised.
That too........LOL
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