Rep. Sali - Religious Diversity In Congress 'Not Envisioned By Founding Fathers

[Hissyspit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/10/bill-sali-bigotry

Rep. Bill Sali: Religious Diversity In Congress ‘Was Not Envisioned By The Founding Fathers’

When Idaho State Rep. Bill Sali was running for Congress in 2006, Vice President Cheney visited his state and said, “Bill is ready to make a difference in Washington, and he’s going to be the kind of Congressman who will make you proud.” Now-Congressman Bill Sali (R-ID) is demonstrating his worth by criticizing the new religious diversity embodied in the 110th Congress:

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.

Really? Sali may want to take a peek at Article VI of the Constitution, which notes that there is no religious test for public office:

[CanonRay]

1. Didn't the Bush Administration violate this Article?

When the did religious tests for hiring when staffing the Coalition Provisional Authority, hiring only RW Christians?

[Tesha]

2. Well, no "test" was actually required, nudge-nudge, wink-wink.

They all knew who was acceptable and who wasn't.

Tesha

[C_U_L8R]

3. I believe they envisioned NO prayer at all

as in religion has no place in government (and vice versa)

[no_hypocrisy]

4. In a way, I agree with him. There should no religious diversity in Congress

as there shouldn't be an opening prayer at all by any religous, sect, or group. No clerics, no problem.

[Subdivisions]

5. So much for the founding fathers idea of the separation of

church and state.

[gatorboy]

6. You know what the Founding Fathers were in to?

Slaves.

[rodeodance]

7. Sali is a 'divider' We have too many of them period!

[bryant69]

8. well you go with what works I guess

And bashing muslims and hindus apparently works.

It's pretty funny watching religious conservatives say "All we want is a seat at the table same as any other faith" and then see them saying something like this.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Rep. Sali is an idiot. It's because our 'founding fathers' DID envision such diversity, that they

wrote the Declaration and Constitution as it IS written!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. Actually,

there was religious diversity even in Colonial America. Besides the various Christian denominations, there were Jews here, as well as Muslims as well.

[Tsiyu]

11. How can someone be that immature?

Sali believes that the Founding fathers were ignorant rubes who did not know there were other religions in the world?

Ummmm a lot of the founders had good educations, had extensively toured the world and/or met with many leaders.

There were quite a few diverse faiths in the Old World when they were planning the New World.

Where do they find these people? Under rocks?