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Sometimes a mop sink is just a mop sink. Building managers and legislative staffers have sought to reassure some concerned Tennessee lawmakers that recent renovations at the state Capitol did not install special facilities for Muslims to wash their feet before praying.
Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey said he had been approached by a House and Senate member to inquire about the sink, which replaced a utility sink that had been mounted higher on the wall and was used for filling and emptying buckets.
There was concern about why it had been modified, said Humphrey, who declined to identify the lawmakers or elaborate on their concerns.
Republican Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, confirmed that he had spoken to Humphrey about whether there were religious reasons for the new sink after the issue was raised by Rep. Judd Matheny, R-Tullahoma.
Matheny and Ketron were the main sponsors of a 2011 bill that sought to make it a felony to follow some versions of the Islamic code known as Shariah law.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/mar/25/q-capitol-sink-muslims-no-mops/?CID=happeningnow
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)if it was gonna be used by foot-washin' baptists? I believe we all know the answer to that one.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)It's a prayer rug! Sharia law! OMG!
No, actually it's a door mat.
That's next, you know. WTF is wrong with these people?
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...come to think of it, I'm suspicious of yoga mats.
tanyev
(42,567 posts)but they'd probably pull out a gun and shoot me.
Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)...after they march into Tennessee
Built by Tennessee moles working for Georgia, I tell you!
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)I mean an old mop sink is waist high..and you have to lift it over the lip of the deep sink...then empty the old water and run the bucket around a fixed faucet.l..
This model, simply tip the bucket of old water into the sink...then place the bucket into the sink..and run the flexible tube around the bucket to rinse..then fill the bucket and lift it 5 inches instead of 3 feet...
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)I felt pain just reading it.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)What kind of code enforcement do they have in that state?
The breaker box and two access panels should be in the tub, not a foot or two away from it.
How do you expect to effectively electrocute the facility's workers?
louis-t
(23,295 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)worried to death about creeping muslim takeover stealing their churches and white ladies
pa28
(6,145 posts)Whoops . . . I've said too much.
doeriver
(793 posts)Tennessee General Assembly - Senator Bill Ketron
R-Murfreesboro
District 13 Part of Rutherford County Map
district address
12 Jefferson Square
805 South Church Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
nashville address
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 5 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone (615) 741-6853
sen.bill.ketron@capitol.tn.gov
Tennessee General Assembly - Rep. Judd Matheny
R-Tullahoma
District 47 Coffee and part of Warren Counties Map
district address
398 Vanguard Lane
Tullahoma, TN 37388
nashville address
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 215 War Memorial Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone (615) 741-7448
Fax (615) 253-0226
rep.judd.matheny@capitol.tn.gov
zbdent
(35,392 posts)We've been infiltrated for decades!
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)is plastered all over their local newspapers and radio stations?
Over and over and over.
uselessobot
(43 posts)Any licensed TN electricians who can explain why the sink is within 3 feet of the breaker box?
Most places that would be a big violation but it is TN so maybe the electrical code is ignored.