Carson doubles down on no Muslims in the White House

[brooklynite]

Source: 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.”

Carson ignited a media firestorm in a Sunday morning interview with Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press," in which he said he “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.”

...snip...

In an interview with The Hill, Carson opened up about why he believes a Muslim would be unfit to serve as commander in chief.

“I do not believe Sharia is consistent with the Constitution of this country,” Carson said. “Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/254330-carson-doubles-down-on-no-muslims-in-the-white-house

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I agree...the Bible is a much better platform:

she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.

If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.

Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

[big_dog]

1. is Carson fighting Ted Cruz to be Trumps veep?

so where will the Carson voters go now?

[Thinkingabout]

2. But some of his fellow republicans seeks to enact sharia laws he complains.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. So your religion isn't supposed to be part of your public life if you're a Muslim,

says Carson: “Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.” But isn't that exactly what the fundies want Christian politicians to do?

[L. Coyote]

4. I suppose this translates into any religious person would be unfit if "their religion is

very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official ...." So, good advice, don't elect a Republican because they seem unable to separate their fundamentalism from politics.

[mackerel]

5. Did Carson forget about separation between church and state?

Did this guy really go to medical school?

[herding cats]

9. It's even worse than that.

He doesn't even know, "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." That's article VI, paragraph 3 of the US constitution.

Clueless? Check.

What's scary is way too few people know that anymore too.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

20. That was the same bit of the Constitution that popped into my mind

[William Seger]

21. Christian conservatives use the Constitution the same way they use the Bible

They ignore the parts they don't like.

[KeepItReal]

26. ^^^ THIS ^^^

Too true

[hatrack]

32. He also "doesn't believe" in the validity of evolution . . .

So much for medical training.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ben-carson-evolution-absurd-myth-give-me-break

[hibbing]

6. His poll numbers should go up n/t

[rpannier]

7. 100 years ago that's what they said about Catholics

Carson recycling bigotry and religious intollerance

[sarge43]

28. A hundred years ago?

During the 1960 campaign John Kennedy had reassure the Greater Houston Ministerial Association that the Pope wouldn't be running the US.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/JFK-and-Religion.aspx

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

35. And it was certainly an issue with the uber-Catholic Santorum.

I think it was a valid issue even on DU. Santorum was the Catholic Taliban.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rick-santorums-journey-to-devout-catholicism-view-of-religion-in-governance/2012/03/16/gIQAj4NzNS_story.html

I don't think the Kennedy clan had (or has) the same super-right-wing Catholic fervor as Santorum. They were more "normal" in that sense.

[Paladin]

38. There was nothing "normal" about JFK's Catholicism, in the run-up to 1960.

I was just a kid at the time, but I can still remember some of our neighbors, vehemently arguing that if JFK was elected, he'd take his marching orders directly from The Vatican. Sad that so little has changed.

[riderinthestorm]

8. This should be good for about five points in the polls

[jmowreader]

10. They said the same thing about African-Americans a few years ago

[rusty quoin]

13. It's always about the group to hate. They are fascists. That is one name for them. It fits.

[ToxMarz]

34. Yes. It's hard to understand. You would think an African American would immediately

see the parallel, but somehow with religion involved it seems to be viewed differently. It was also the African American vote (70%) organized through the churches that passed Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in California.

[elleng]

11. And you, doctor, DON'T feel

that your religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, right???

Bye bye!!!

[TreasonousBastard]

12. How far would he get if he said "No Jews in office"?

[OldRedneck]

14. Why take any oath on a Bible?

Why does anyone take an oath on the Bible or any other "holy book" for that matter?

The President takes and oath to support and defend the Constitution. Why not take the oath with one hand on a copy of the Constitution?

[former9thward]

17. Did you ask that question about Obama in 2009 and 2013?

I didn't think so...

[mdbl]

27. It's about time someone did

Doesn't matter if it's Obama or anyone else. Religion has no part in our secular government. Laws do.

[moondust]

15. Ask him about Kim Davis.

Should a Christian be allowed to hold any public office if their religion prevents them from doing the job?

[longship]

16. Somebody needs to smack Carson hard with Article VI of the US Constitution. nt

[BigDemVoter]

18. Oh my. . . .

And he's supposed to be on of their "smart" candidates?

[Milliesmom]

23. How Smart is this

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/04/ben-carson-malpractice-claims-doctor-for-president

[jalan48]

19. So Carson is arguing about a hypothetical non-issue rather than a real one.

The Republican's love to divert attention away from issues facing the country to non-issues (emotionally laden ) that might face the country years from now. I guess Carson is just a long range thinker.

[douggg]

22. Ben would be happy with Westboro Baptist Church

leading our country as they protest the funerals of our military members.

Christian of course.

[jfern]

24. Is this some sort of backhanded attack on Obama?

[Enrique]

29. the irony is unbearable

“Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that’s inconsistent with our principles and our Constitution.”

[tblue37]

30. TWO WORDS: Kim Davis. TWO MORE: Judge Moore.

RW fundie Christians are always violating their oath of office in order to impose their own religious beliefs through their public office.

Some reporter should press him to criticize these two and all other Christian officeholders who do that.

[hatrack]

31. How about putting your hand on a stack of Constitutions, asshole?

I'm so sick of these God-botherers I could just about break something . . .

[Gothmog]

33. The GOP is the party of Islamaphobia

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Let's Face It

They are the party of cowardice. They will find any reason to fear something and be against it because they cannot handle new and different, in any way, shape or form.

[restorefreedom]

37. so he just admitted

the u.s. in his view should be a christian theocracy.

he wants the pres to put his hand on a bible

well, ben, it was fun while it lasted...

[They_Live]

39. Not just a bible,

but a STACK of bibles.

Dr. Carson writing his own Rx?

[murielm99]

40. I don't know how many Muslim voters we have in this country.

I hope they are voting. The repubbies just lost another voting bloc.