Cain says Tenn. mosque would spread Islamic law

[sabbat hunter]

Source: KSWO-TV

It is another example of why I believe in American laws and American courts," Cain said. "This is just another way to try to gradually sneak Shariah law into our laws, and I absolutely object to that."

Bill Ruark, of Tyler, Texas, said he decided to attend the rally after hearing Cain on the radio earlier in the day in Nashville, where Ruark's son is recording a country music video.

"He wants to define who are our enemies right now, and who are our allies," he said. "Morally, he's not afraid to say he's a Christian. He's not trying to force it down people's throats, and I appreciate that. And he's not afraid to say who he is."



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and one person at the rally said that she knows that she will be supporting a republican in the fall and not Barack Hussein Obama.

I wonder if that woman still believes that he was born in Kenya and is a secret Muslim.

:facepalm:

[Drale]

1. You know the sad thing about Cain?

He still does not realize that the only reason he's in the race, is because he's black and the Repuke actually think people voted for Obama because he was black. Those same people think that those people will vote for Cain for the same reason.

[No Elephants]

7. Some people did vote for Obama because he's African American, but

probably more voted for both Hillary and McCain because they were white.

I remember one of the members of the View panel, Sherry, going back and forth. She is a Christian fundamentalist and the mother of a developmentally-challenged son, so she identified greatly with Palin and seemed inclined toward her early on. However, in the end, she supported Obama because she did wanted her son to know that an African American could be President of the United States.

I'd be very surprised if she were the only African American who had that thought or a similar one.
However, people who may have voted for Obama because of his skin color are a small minority compared with the group that would not vote for Jesus if they ever thought about the reality that he wasn't the blue-eyed, dirty blond white guy whose likeness hung in Sunday School class (mine, anyway).

Luckily for Candidate Jesus, and unfortunately for everyone else, thinking tends not to be the strong suit of racists.

[cheapdate]

2. Screw Herman Cain.

The members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro are US citizens. Cain needs to STFU and reflect on what the 1st amendment means.

[jwirr]

3. Cain is a hatemonger who is going to get someone killed if he keeps

spouting this kind of propaganda.

[rpannier]

4. Cain

Alan Keyes Part Deux

[Raschel]

5. He is just weird.

[Downwinder]

6. Wonder how many sources of Canon Law there are in Tenn.

Does Cain object to them, too?

[sakabatou]

8. *facepalm*

[No Elephants]

9. Cain and other haters of any mention of foreign law just do not get it.

No U.S. court has ever APPLIED the law of a foreign nation or religious law (as opposed to maybe just looking at it to see what it says) and, if it obeys the Constitution, never will.

Sorry, but explaining why would take more time than I am willing to spend without getting paid or otherwise compensated, so either trust me or do your own research on it, or just wrongly disbelieve me.

So, God forbid we look at anything outside our own borders to see what it says. If it worked for the Founders, it should work for us. Oh, wait, the Founders were as stupid as Republicans. They did look.

[boppers]

10. Be careful about sweeping generalizations.

http://shariahinamericancourts.com/

"if it obeys the Constitution, never will."... that's a lot of faith in US courts.

[No Elephants]

11. I made no sweeping generalization. I made a carefully qualified statement and that

reality seems to have escaped you.

BTW, what part of "if" did you not understand?

Edited to change "do" to "did."

[boppers]

13. "No U.S. court has ever APPLIED"

That would be the sweeping generalization.

Since you seem to parse words with an exactitude that rivals my own, I would suggest the following word formulation:
"No U.S. court has ever APPLIED Sharia as the sole reason for their decision, and had that decision maintained in higher courts"

... and "if" they did, it would be struck down, but that's still A US court, negating the premise that "No" (not one), "has ever" (in the last 200+ years) "APPLIED".

If for example, I said that "No U.S. court has ever APPLIED" Levitical law, I think I should be called on making such a sweeping statement, because in the billions of cases on record, I'm sure some podunk judge tried to use the bible as an authority... and was rapidly over-turned.

[No Elephants]

12. P.S, Google your source and it's PNAC memo signing founder.

[boppers]

14. Ah, a messenger attack.

Let me know how that works out.

I got there via the SPLC.

[buckrogers1965]

17. If the messanger came to the door with

"Hey, I just causes this problem for you." Then you are correct in blaming them.

[pampango]

15. Just so you know the organization behind the link you posted...

Center for Security Policy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Security_Policy

The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a Washington, D.C. think tank that focuses on national security issues. The Center was founded in 1988 by Frank Gaffney, Jr.. The CSP advocates neoconservative and policies based on a philosophy of "Peace through Strength," which "is not a slogan for military might but a belief that America's national power must be preserved and properly used for it holds a unique global role in maintaining peace and stability.

...it is a member organization of the Cooler Heads Coalition which seeks to "dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed scientific, economic, and risk analysis.

The Center sponsors "Family Security Matters." On August 3, 2007, Family Security Matters published an opinion piece by Philip Atkinson, which advocated for making George W. Bush president for life, because "the inadequacy of Democracy, rule by the majority, is undeniable." Furthermore, after giving Atkinson's interpretation of Julius Caesar's treatment of Gaul, the article called for emptying Iraq of its Arabs...

The progressive public policy research and advocacy organization Center for American Progress reported in a blog post, quoting from Glenn Greenwald that the registration of the Coalition to Honor Ground Zero’s website to Center for Security Policy indicated that defense contractors and deep-pocketed conservative donors were bankrolling the mosque opposition.

The Center for Security Policy has also produced a Web ad opposing the mosque for the ground zero coalition, had a $4 million budget in 2008 (the last year for which it has filed tax returns).

[buckrogers1965]

16. Are these people insane?

Isn't ranting about sharia law taking over America about on the same par as saying that the Jews control the media and the banks?

[smirkymonkey]

19. You mean they don't??

:sarcasm: Like Muslims or Sharia Law would have a snowball's chance in hell of getting any kind of foothold in Tennesee (Sorry DU Tennesee People, just talking about the radical Christian right).

[closeupready]

18. oops, sorry, misread the OP

self-delete

[BiggJawn]

20. Yet the Authoritarians have no quarrel with Levitical law in the US.

Hell, no, they probably get stiffys over the idea of stoning "THOSE" people to death. Damned apostates, serves 'em right if they won't come to church an' learn about Jeebus...

[struggle4progress]

21. "I'm a wacko; he's a wacko; she's a wacko; we're all wacko! Wouldn't you like to be a wacko too?"