Monday, February 8, 2010

CAIR sicks Department of Justice on Lancaster mayor for "we're a Christian community" comment

The Hamas linked muslim group, CAIR, is at it again. LA Times

In his State of the City address last week, Mayor R. Rex Parris said Lancaster was “growing a Christian community.”

"And don't let anybody shy away from that,” he said to an audience of ministers. “I need [Lancaster residents] standing up and saying we're a Christian community, and we're proud of that."

The Greater Los Angeles area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a letter Friday to the department requesting an investigation into whether Parris’ comments violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which bans the government from supporting or endorsing a religion.

1 comment:

Jordan said...

"Parris’ comments violated the Constitution’s Establishment Clause, which bans the government from supporting or endorsing a religion"

Bullshit. The Establishment Clause is about protecting religious minorities from political repression as well as protecting the religious majority from the government's manipulation. It has nothing to do with mayors making factual comments about their area. This is the kind of fast-and-loose constitutional reading that lets Congress dip its fingers into every damn thing we do.