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Crisis Averted When Tennessee Lawmakers Discover Muslim Foot Bath Is Actually Just a Mop SinkThe Tennessee legislature dodged a potential firestorm today when lawmakers were able to come together and reassure one another that a possible Muslim foot bath was, in fact, just a mop sink.
Ever since the state Capitol building recently unveiled a small bundle of renovations, there have been angry grumblings. People were worried that one of the building's updatesa sinkmay be an attempt to offer a modicum of assistance to observant Muslims visiting the Capitol, and would be available to those who want to wash their feet before praying. The sink is pictured above, and indeed it is on the floor, the perfect level for a Muslim looking to wash his feet. Thankfully, however, everyone angry that the state of Tennessee might be being nice to Muslims relaxed today when state officials clarified that the sink was nothing but a place for custodians to wash filthy mops.
This is not a joke. Here is the rest of the story, from the Associated Press:
State Sen. Bill Ketron said he had asked about the change after being approached about it by a fellow Republican, Rep. Judd Matheny. Ketron said the answer dispelled any potential concerns, while Matheny said he couldn't recall raising questions.
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_MOP_SINK_CONFUSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-25-17-33-31
http://gawker.com/5992352/crisis-averted-when-tennessee-lawmakers-discover-muslim-foot-bath-is-actually-just-a-mop-sink
tanyev
(42,610 posts)AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaggggghhhhh!!!1!
libodem
(19,288 posts)What don't those people understand about freedom for religions in a free country.
BeeBee
(1,074 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)in many state legislatures...Especially in some of the dirtwater districts where a thousand votes is more than enough to keep you in office for life...
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)it is amusing in many ways to see when living in it so deeply becomes self-evident.
It can be such a relief to liberate one's self from the professionally deluded who make a career out of reifying justifications for power and control that don't actually exist in any concrete way at all.
That's the place we can all move from criticism, shock and disbelief into a place of clarity and insight into how a convincing charade becomes law and promotes suffering in the name of morality in order to evade the fact of exploitation.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)didn't know that that is a mop sink.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Let alone rinsed one out. Incompetent small minded parasites.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)now Muslims will have to pray with dirty feet, which is the way it should be.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)And it wasn't in a language I understand! Should I contact the DHS!?!?!
Rex
(65,616 posts)What an embarrassing gaggle of wasted space they are. Their intolerance is so sad.
asjr
(10,479 posts)Marsha Blackburn hears about this she will bar any and all Muslims from entering the Capitol.