News: State rep: Muslims must swear allegiance to Israeli flag

Goosey

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Freshman state Rep. Molly White, left instructions for the staff in her Capitol office on how to handle visitors who are, including asking them to declare allegiance to the United States.

"I did leave an Israeli flag on the reception desk in my office with instructions to staff to ask representatives from the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws," she posted on Facebook. "We will see how long they stay in my office."

Texas Muslim Capitol Day, which began in 2003, is organized by the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Before participants in Thursday's event — about 100 Muslims, mostly children — could get to lawmakers' offices, they encountered opposition from a group of about 25 protesters outside the Capitol holding signs. One said, "Radical Islam is the New Nazi." Another said, "Go Home & Take Obama With You."

The Muslim group held a press conference on the South steps of the Capitol, where one of the protesters yanked the microphone from an event organizer, shouting, “Islam will never dominate the United States and by the grace of God, it will never dominate Texas.”

As the group of Muslims continued the event by singing "The Star-Spangled Banner," the interruptions persisted, with the protesters yelling, “Islam is a lie!” and “No Sharia here!”

White released a follow-up Facebook post that added: “I do not apologize for my comments. … If you love America, obey our laws and condemn Islamic terrorism, then I embrace you as a fellow American. If not, then I do not."

http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/...ge-allegiance/

Giliap

no one should have to pledge allegiance to any ****ing piece of land. my god why is the human race still this ****ing stupid.

Goosey

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Originally posted by Giliap

no one should have to pledge allegiance to any ****ing piece of land. my god why is the human race still this ****ing stupid.

Not sure I follow your logic, people have to swear allegiance to get citizenship

the real question is, why would someone be opposed to denouncing terrorism...

Giliap

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Originally posted by Goosey

Not sure I follow your logic, people have to swear allegiance to get citizenship

the real question is, why would someone be opposed to denouncing terrorism...

you would twist my words. if all muslims must make a formal denouncement of terrorism then everyone should have to

and it still doesn't justify making someone pledge allegiance to a country. see, some of us are a bit brighter than mindlessly devoting so much unnecessary pride to a piece of land. We should be able to enjoy and contribute to this country and the next. We should be able to communicate and exchange ideas, conveniences, knowledge etc. But no... we can't because everyone has too much pride in the land they were born and/or raised in. It's just silly to me.

Element

I was just about to post this. She has been receiving some very intense criticism today.

alexanderao

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Originally posted by Giliap

you would twist my words. if all muslims must make a formal denouncement of terrorism then everyone should have to

and it still doesn't justify making someone pledge allegiance to a country. see, some of us are a bit brighter than mindlessly devoting so much unnecessary pride to a piece of land. We should be able to enjoy and contribute to this country and the next. We should be able to communicate and exchange ideas, conveniences, knowledge etc. But no... we can't because everyone has too much pride in the land they were born and/or raised in. It's just silly to me.

The nationalism is off the charts here. It's so cringeworthy at times.

Obsession

Just on an off-handed note: why an Israeli flag? This isn't Israel, it's America.