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kpete

(71,898 posts)
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 10:28 AM Mar 2013

Crisis Averted When Tennessee Lawmakers Discover Muslim Foot Bath Is Actually Just a Mop Sink

Crisis Averted When Tennessee Lawmakers Discover Muslim Foot Bath Is Actually Just a Mop Sink




The Tennessee legislature dodged a potential firestorm today when lawmakers were able to come together and reassure one another that a possible Muslim foot bath was, in fact, just a mop sink.

Ever since the state Capitol building recently unveiled a small bundle of renovations, there have been angry grumblings. People were worried that one of the building's updates—a sink—may be an attempt to offer a modicum of assistance to observant Muslims visiting the Capitol, and would be available to those who want to wash their feet before praying. The sink is pictured above, and indeed it is on the floor, the perfect level for a Muslim looking to wash his feet. Thankfully, however, everyone angry that the state of Tennessee might be being nice to Muslims relaxed today when state officials clarified that the sink was nothing but a place for custodians to wash filthy mops.

This is not a joke. Here is the rest of the story, from the Associated Press:

Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey said he had been approached by two lawmakers to inquire about a new basin, which replaced a utility sink that had been mounted higher on the wall.

State Sen. Bill Ketron said he had asked about the change after being approached about it by a fellow Republican, Rep. Judd Matheny. Ketron said the answer dispelled any potential concerns, while Matheny said he couldn't recall raising questions.



MORE:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_MOP_SINK_CONFUSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-25-17-33-31
http://gawker.com/5992352/crisis-averted-when-tennessee-lawmakers-discover-muslim-foot-bath-is-actually-just-a-mop-sink
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Crisis Averted When Tennessee Lawmakers Discover Muslim Foot Bath Is Actually Just a Mop Sink (Original Post) kpete Mar 2013 OP
Look out! Behind you! Is that a prayer rug on the floor? tanyev Mar 2013 #1
That just crushes my faith in humanity libodem Mar 2013 #2
When I first read this, I thought it was satire. It's getting hard to tell it apart. n/t BeeBee Mar 2013 #3
The sad part is this level of intellect is par for the course Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #7
Delusion abounds and Newest Reality Mar 2013 #4
It's amazing to me that these idiots HappyMe Mar 2013 #5
Probably never swung a mop before libodem Mar 2013 #6
what a relief Enrique Mar 2013 #8
Yes, they are that stupid. nt Javaman Mar 2013 #9
Quick! Someone call out the national guard! I saw someone praying! Rex Mar 2013 #11
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Rex Mar 2013 #10
Just proves once again Rednecks rule in this state. When asjr Mar 2013 #12

libodem

(19,288 posts)
2. That just crushes my faith in humanity
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 10:32 AM
Mar 2013

What don't those people understand about freedom for religions in a free country.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
7. The sad part is this level of intellect is par for the course
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 11:38 AM
Mar 2013

in many state legislatures...Especially in some of the dirtwater districts where a thousand votes is more than enough to keep you in office for life...

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
4. Delusion abounds and
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 10:41 AM
Mar 2013

it is amusing in many ways to see when living in it so deeply becomes self-evident.

It can be such a relief to liberate one's self from the professionally deluded who make a career out of reifying justifications for power and control that don't actually exist in any concrete way at all.

That's the place we can all move from criticism, shock and disbelief into a place of clarity and insight into how a convincing charade becomes law and promotes suffering in the name of morality in order to evade the fact of exploitation.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
11. Quick! Someone call out the national guard! I saw someone praying!
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 11:45 AM
Mar 2013

And it wasn't in a language I understand! Should I contact the DHS!?!?!

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 11:43 AM
Mar 2013

What an embarrassing gaggle of wasted space they are. Their intolerance is so sad.

asjr

(10,479 posts)
12. Just proves once again Rednecks rule in this state. When
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:05 PM
Mar 2013

Marsha Blackburn hears about this she will bar any and all Muslims from entering the Capitol.

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