Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett vs Rep Ilhar Omar and Religious extremism

This was posted on a friends facebook page, and I could not stay quiet 





This example is of course non sensical since you are talking about two different things like comparing apples to oranges. Representative Omar was elected by her constituents in Minnesota and they chose to accept her for whatever reasons which we can agree or disagree with, but she is not your representative.  For the record I have no idea, nor do I care anything about Rep Omar religious background or extremity.  She is allowed to believe however she chooses as long as it does not impact or infringe upon my rights.  If you are outraged because she is an extreme Muslim than you should be equally enraged about the extreme Christians being elected in the rest of the country. I find some of those people insane, but they have sold their constituents, so it is what it is. Either you believe in freedom of religion or not. Again, you can’t have it both ways.

If representative Omar was going to be appointed for the rest of her life to the Supreme Court after spending her entire life promoting extremes sharia law (again, not saying she does say this or not, just using this as an example) that conflict with the core principles of our constitution then I too would have an issue with that nomination.

So, to me it is not a question of ACB being Christian or catholic that is an issue it is her extreme views within that ideology that is the issue. I would not support a Hasidic Jewish follower being nominated either. We need jurists who are more focused on their interpretation of law and not on religious extremes. Although I abhor the rights hypocrisy regarding Merrick garland versus this one, I understand they have a right to nominate a candidate. I assume they could have found a less controversial candidate that would most likely have achieved their political agenda. Instead the goal is clearly to divide and continue to fight. Would the left have protested any candidate, absolutely after Garland, but at least they would have less of a leg to stand on and they not nominated a religious zealot

Finally, then I have to go to work we also need to stop catering to the extremes and figure out how we get back to the center where I do believe 40% of the country prefers to be. But maybe I am just old fashioned

Then again, someone pointed out how is the first image different from this one? 






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