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Related: About this forumMichele Bachmann's Muslim Brotherhood Claims Condemned By Catholic Bishops, 41 Other Groups
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/michele-bachmann-muslim_n_1706546.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?Amanda Terkel
Posted: 07/26/2012 1:32 pm Updated: 07/26/2012 4:12 pm
WASHINGTON -- Forty-two religious and secular organizations united on Thursday in condemning conservative lawmakers' allegations that Muslim-American individuals connected to the U.S. government may be trying to spread the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.
They directed their criticisms at Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Thomas Rooney (R-Fla.) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), who recently wrote to various government agencies and asked them to investigate the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. In their letters, the lawmakers targeted top State Department official Huma Abedin and several advisers to the Department of Homeland Security.
"[W]e write to raise our voices in protest of your recent letters regarding prominent American Muslim individuals and organizations," the 42 organizations wrote in a letter to the lawmakers on Thursday. "These letters question the loyalty of faithful Americans based on nothing more than their religious affiliations and what is at best tenuous evidence of their associations. As such, your actions have serious implications for religious freedom and the health of our democracy."
The signatories include the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which often sides with Republicans on social issues, along with the Interfaith Alliance, American Civil Liberties Union, American Baptist Churches USA, NAACP and United Church of Christ.
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Michele Bachmann's Muslim Brotherhood Claims Condemned By Catholic Bishops, 41 Other Groups (Original Post)
cbayer
Jul 2012
OP
I think everyone who possibly can is going to try and distance themselves from her.
cbayer
Jul 2012
#2
Wow, When you have the ACLU and the Catholic Bishops on the same side against you...
dballance
Jul 2012
#3
missheidi
(168 posts)1. Even the Baptists...I was raises Baptist, and...
they put up with a lot of shit from church-goers, so I'm a little surprised. That's funny. I'm glad they're against her and her stupidity.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)2. I think everyone who possibly can is going to try and distance themselves from her.
And bravo to the religious leaders who are doing so.
dballance
(5,756 posts)3. Wow, When you have the ACLU and the Catholic Bishops on the same side against you...
then you should realize just how bad you screwed up.