Lawmaker Apologizes

Lawmaker Apologizes for Muslim Remarks.Aug 18 02:15 AM US/Eastern
By TODD DVORAK
.BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Rep. Bill Sali has apologized to a Muslim colleague for remarks suggesting the nation's founders never intended for Muslims to serve in Congress.
In an Aug. 8 interview with the conservative Christian-based American Family News Network, Sali also questioned the wisdom of Senate leaders, who last month invited a Hindu clergyman to give the morning prayer in the chamber.
"We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes—and they are not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers," Sali said, according to an article on the network's Web site.
The comments drew criticism from liberal bloggers and Idaho Democrats. Former Idaho Democratic congressman Richard Stallings called for Sali to either apologize or resign.
Sali responded days later, sending Ellison an e-mail explaining he meant no offense.
"He said that he wanted to make sure that Congressman Ellison understood that he meant no harm or disrespect," Sali spokesman Wayne Hoffman said.
Hoffman declined to release a copy of the e-mail, saying it was a private communication.
Ellison is traveling outside the country, but his spokesman said the congressman typically does not take such remarks personally.
"We will take Bill Sali at his word," Rick Jauert said Friday. "That would be in keeping with Keith's turn-the-other-cheek mentality. He figures if someone has a bad day, chooses their words poorly, we'll give them the benefit of the doubt."
A spokesman for a national Islamic civil rights group I can not beleive they have a civil rights group in the USA.said the organization is satisfied with Sali's response.
Sali drew criticism last year for linking abortion to breast cancer rates during debates on the House floor.
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We need to be sure we don't hurt anyones feelings this makes me sick.

 

That is what is wrong now we can not tell anyone they are wrong because it will hurt there feelings. That is a bunch of hog wash. We have to stand up for what we believe.

 

the nation's founders never intended for Muslims to serve in Congress.
Do you think they did?
Do you think they intended for women to be there?
You do remember when the nation was founded.
I am not saying what he said was correct. I am not saying he should have said it. I am saying we worry to much about peoples feelings. Do I think illegal aliens should be in this country NO do I care if it offends them NO.

 

[edit] Occupations

The 1787 delegates practiced a wide range of high and middle-status occupations, and many pursued more than one career simultaneously. They did not differ dramatically from the Loyalists, except they were younger and less senior in their professions.[5] Thirty-five were lawyers or had benefited from legal training, though not all of them relied on the profession for a livelihood. Some had also become judges.[6]

• At the time of the convention, 13 men were merchants: Blount, Broom, Clymer, Dayton, Fitzsimons, Gerry, Gilman, Gorham, Langdon, Robert Morris, Pierce, Sherman, and Wilson.
• Six were major land speculators: Blount, Dayton, Fitzsimons, Gorham, Robert Morris, and Wilson.
• Eleven speculated in securities on a large scale: Bedford, Blair, Clymer, Dayton, Fitzsimons, Franklin, King, Langdon, Robert Morris, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and Sherman.
• Twelve owned or managed slave-operated plantations or large farms: Bassett, Blair, Blount, Butler, Carroll, Jenifer, Mason, Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Rutledge, Spaight, and Washington. Madison also owned slaves as did Franklin who later freed his slaves and became an abolitionist.
• Broom and Few were small farmers.
• Nine of the men received a substantial part of their income from public office: Baldwin, Blair, Brearly, Gilman, Jenifer, Livingston, Madison, and Rutledge.
• Three had retired from active economic endeavors: Franklin, McHenry, and Mifflin.
• Franklin and Williamson were scientists, in addition to their other activities.
• McClurg, McHenry, and Williamson were physicians, and Johnson was a college president.
• Baldwin had been a Protestant minister, and Williamson, Madison, Ellsworth, and possibly others had studied theology but had never been ordained. who do you think they thought would be in congress.

 

I do not know what you based your answer on but it was not history.

 

I know this, you are missing my point. I am not saying what he said was not inappropriate. I am just saying it was probably correct.

 

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