Allen West Got Sharia Law’d at a Wal-Mart (not The Onion)

[sufrommich]

West was alerted to danger when he and his daughter approached a checkout lane with a sign declaring “No alcohol products in this lane.” The cashier’s name? “Let me just say it was NOT ‘Steve,’” West wrote.

" I pointed the sign out to Aubrey and her response was a simple question, how is it that this Muslim employee could refuse service to customers based on his religious beliefs, but Christians are being forced to participate in specific events contrary to their religious beliefs?

…Imagine that, this employee at Walmart refused to just scan a bottle or container of an alcoholic beverage — and that is acceptable. A Christian business owner declines to participate or provide service to a specific event — a gay wedding — which contradicts their faith, and the State crushes them."

Alas, this is not Sharia creep just yet. West spoke to a Wal-Mart representative, who informed him cashiers under 21 were prohibited from ringing up alcohol and tobacco products — ironically a puritanical-sounding restriction.


http://www.mediaite.com/online/allen-west-thinks-he-got-sharia-lawd-at-a-wal-mart/

[Renew Deal]

1. So the issue was his age, not his religion?

[JHB]

7. That, and West profiling cashiers ...

... "not named 'Steve'".

[ToxMarz]

16. Would that be the same Steve

Of Adam and Steve fame. He gets around.

[boston bean]

2. I can't stand any of the "conscience" exemptions.

I'm sorry, but if your faith precludes you from doing something a company you work for is providing, don't work there.

I understand the case here is that the employee was underage, but am making a larger point.

So, Allen West can go suck it... All of that shit is wrong!

[sufrommich]

4. West doesn't have a problem with no liquor sales on Sunday,

which is an obvious law created to appease the Christian religion.

[boston bean]

5. So true... nt

[LittleGirl]

22. Indiana is the only state

in the country now that doesn't sell alcohol on Sunday.

[A Little Weird]

25. I can't buy alcohol on Sunday either

And you still can't in much of Kentucky. But I guess it's now a city/county level law instead of a statewide thing. Actually in the county I grew up in you still can't buy alcohol at any time. I always laugh when they get their dander up about Sharia law.

[erpowers]

28. Texas

Liquor stores, at least in some counties, cannot open on Sunday. Also, in some counties people have to wait until noon to buy alcohol from grocery stories.

[sufrommich]

30. I don't think so, there's still quite a few states with Blue laws. nt

[onethatcares]

46. which is why

I stock up on Friday to get through the dry weekends.

speaking of which


IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE.

[Archae]

29. "No beer, today..."

[underpants]

3. Walmart you say...Muslim type "working" there you say....hmmm tunnels?

West is such a tool

[Plucketeer]

17. Yeah...

I can't IMAGINE being a subordinate under this asshat when he was a military officer!

[underpants]

31. Agreed. Here's the funniest part - HE put this on HIS OWN WEBSITE

It was corrected in an Editor's note.

I know he is just pandering to his base but he chose to fully display his own paranoia, ignorance, and did so willingly. As a means of self promotion. Wow.

[LeftinOH]

6. Under-21s cannot ring up alcohol. This is nothing new.

He is hopelessly out of touch.

[Renew Deal]

11. That might not be true in every state

I know it at least used to be legal in NY.

[green917]

19. You are correct

In many states (including here in MN), one must only be 18 to sell alcohol (cashier, server, bartender) but must be 21 to legally purchase or consume it.

[Terra Alta]

39. It's the same here in NC

You only have to be 18 to sell alcohol. 21 to purchase it, though.

[freshwest]

38. I was legally able to serve alcohol in a restaurant when I was 18 to help pay for college.

But I was not allowed to drink it, and had no interest anyway.

One time customers from my high school came in and they objected to being denied drinks. One recognized me and called me by name, so I had to talk to them. I explained I knew they were underage, as we were classmates (not friends, though), why they couldn't have drinks.

Because serving it to underage people was a serious liability. Vendors could lose their licenses for it right away.

So these guys had to back down their demands for drinks. But I'd never heard of cashier being restricted though. My experience was from many years ago.

Is it a recent thing? TIA.

[Omaha Steve]

44. A clerk in Nebraska has to be 21 to ring it up

The sacker has to be 18 to sack and or take it to your car.

[spanone]

8. two words: dumb. fuck.

[phantom power]

9. The problem with clowns like West is, once the media "discovers" them they never go away.

I can tell already that this asshole is going to be like Palin. Now he's famous for being famous, and I'm going to have to read about him for years, even though he's just a mostly-ignorant asshole who happens to be a neurosurgeon.

[LibertyLover]

20. Wrong asshole -

West is the former US Army officer who got to resign instead of being court marshaled. The neurosurgeon you are thinking of is Ben Carson.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Poster mixed up the conservative "black friend" du jour. nt

[phantom power]

27. doh

[LibertyLover]

36. Hey it happens

the GOP Clown Bus is so crowded that it becomes difficult to differentiate. No harm, no foul.

[IronLionZion]

43. There is more than one black Republican

I know, it is hard to believe.

[Coventina]

10. Hilarious! Thanks for posting!

[kwassa]

12. Jump to unsupported conclusions much, Al? Like, all the time.

This is your sole operating mode.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Allen West is such a horrible person.

I'm so glad he's left my state. Sorry, Texas.

[Fred Sanders]

14. Paranoia: can't live with it, can't live without it if you are a Teabilly.

[CanonRay]

15. Kind of a good insight into the paranoid right wing mind

I mean, he doesn't see the obvious, what any normal person would see...the cashier is a kid, not of age, he sees Sharia Law.

[Jackpine Radical]

23. Anyway, aren't there a lot of Christian sects that ban alcohol, tobacco,

and in the case of the Mormons, even caffeine?

UU, I take it. Me too.

[packman]

18. Doesn't surprise me

After all, he is of the group that thinks Texas is about to be invaded by the USA. Dumb ass, but expect him to repeat this on a Fox News show soon.

[onethatcares]

24. does the name

Hobby Lobby come to mind for anyone else while reading this article?

[yardwork]

45. Yeah. Allen West is a big fan of the decision.

No, he doesn't acknowledge the hypocrisy.

[area51]

26. So,

is he going to get as exercised over Christian pharmacists who won't fill prescriptions for medications that can be used as abortifacients?

[progressoid]

32. "More ominous signs of Christian persecution"

That's not sarcasm, that's the title of his diatribe.

[Oilwellian]

33. A Mennonite or German Baptist lady who works at a local Walmart...

refuses to ring up alcoholic beverages and calls the floor manager over to do it for her. I buy my bird seed there and have seen her do it several times.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

34. Reminds me of the freak-out conservatives had over a story about Walmart selling Halal food

What was funny was in reading those comments how quickly conservatives turned on Wal-Mart for doing something that they claimed they supported: filling a free-market need.

Also funny how this is the one thing that will get conservatives to bash Wal-Mart. Not unfair labor practices or anything like that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

35. I do not want to live in Rainbowland! You can't make me live in Rainbowland!

Whenever I hear anyone ranting about creeping Sharia law in the US, I can't help but think of this:

[TeamPooka]

37. you got pwnd West. nt

[Terra Alta]

40. the cashier's name wasn't Steve

So that makes him Muslim?

Guess to this asshat, anyone NOT named Steve is Muslim.

[awoke_in_2003]

41. If West said it...

I assume it is a lie, or half truth. Minors cannot ring up alcohol. If any (legally able to) cashier refused to ring up something at Walmart they would get fired. Only asshole pharmacists can get away with that stuff.

[IronLionZion]

42. Muslim-looking kids under 21 should be forced to drink alcohol

it's the only way to stop the islamization of America in the minds of some tea party nuts.