Sunday, October 19, 2008

I have been waiting FOREVER for someone to say this!

"Telling the story of a mother at the Arlington Cemetery graveside of her 20-year-old son, Kareem Rashad Sultan Kahn, who died for his country in Iraq, Powell said the "right response" to rumors that Obama is a Muslim is not only to deny them but to expose them as bigoted and un-American.

I'm also troubled by, not what Sen. McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said, such things as, "Well, you that know Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is: What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, "He's a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists." This is not the way we should be doing it in America."

Full Story at the LA Times

3 comments:

Crochet Goddess said...

I feel the same way you do, it should not make a difference. If he was Muslim does that mean he can't run the country? I use to here this all the time.

skully said...

If we were on Ravelry, I'd be clicking your "agree" button!!! :)

knitting pirate librarian said...

If there were a true separation between church and state, perhaps so many people wouldn't be scared of a "Muslim" in power.