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Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
Some Prayer Good, Other Prayer Bad. Kristoff should be talking to these people about their hatred of religion.
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Two lawmakers left the floor of the Washington House of Representatives during a prayer by a Muslim religious leader this week, citing patriotism and a lack of interest.
Republicans Lois McMahan of Gig Harbor and Cary Condotta of East Wenatchee walked to the back of the chamber during Monday's invocation by Mohamad Joban, imam of the Islamic Center of Olympia.
McMahan said she did not oppose having a Muslim deliver the prayer but left because ``the religion is the focal point of the hate-America sentiment in the world.''
``It's an issue of patriotism,'' she said. ``Even though the mainstream Islamic religion doesn't profess to hate America, nonetheless it spawns the groups that hate America.''
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Yeah, these guys who say they want more religion in government means they want more of their religion in government; they want less of the other guy's religion. They want to spend your tax dollars supporting their religion, but not any one else's. This is the wisdom of the first amendment: keep it all out.
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"I would like to visit the factory that makes train horns, and ask them how they are able to arrive at that chord of eternal mournfulness."
Nicholson Baker [Loftware]
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