Posted on 09/21/2015 5:13:09 AM PDT by Biggirl
From Jonathan Easley writing at The Hill: Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is standing by his view that a Muslim should not be president of the United States, telling The Hill in an interview on Sunday that whoever takes the White House should be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran.”
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That is what Carson said. Anyone who disagrees is not thinking or is a Sharia Law advocate.
Not at all.....other than a slight difference in emphasis. Carson didn't address Constitutionality that I can tell, and Cruz agreed it would not be a good idea to have a Muslim President - though there is no Constitutional basis for preventing a Muslim from running - which I think is probably correct. You are the one who put words in my mouth...that I would have no problem with it. Not even close. There are a lot of things that are Constitutional that I have big problems with.
It would be impossible in this era to have an official understanding that muslims were not meant when the founders spoke about the presidency.
Is a black man supposed to prove his tolerance by endorsing a religion that practices slavery?
A MUSLIM FOR PRESIDENT? SHOULD BEN CARSON ENDORSE SHARIA SLAVERY IN ISLAMIC LAW?
I asked you a simple question. Whether or not you agreed with Ben Carson that a Muslim should not be elected the leader of this country.
Everyone in the Media has gone bananas over his statement but who can really disagree?
His opinion did not violate the religious test clause. It was a reasonable position.
That being said, I believe that a good argument could be made that prohibiting a fundamentalist Muslim from taking the office would not violate the constitution since Islam is not only a religion, but a political system that is antitheical to the Constitution which a president must take an oath to uphold. There is no "political philosophy test" clause in the Constitution.
But then who would be prepared to challenge such a person? The GOP? Don't make me laugh.
No, you most certainly did not. You asked a leading, assumptive question, and frankly, your assumption was 100% baseless.
Did Ben Carson say anything about Islam that you disagreed with?
He told the truth when asked if he thought a Muslim should be elected president.
How would you have answered the question?
I said nothing negative about Carson. You’re looking to pick a fight that doesn’t exist. Do you have a problem agreeing? Get over your obsession to pick a fight. I have nothing against what Carson said - or what Cruz said - or what Trump said.
They all agree on the bigger picture - they all have their own style. Why is that so hard for you to understand????????
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