Does The 2012 GOP Convention Logo Include A Minaret?

Say It Ain't So!

A lot of good folks around the country have been relying on the GOP to stop Islam from stealing their lawn furniture and turning the local Bennigans into a mosque. Now it looks like the RNC might have put a minaret into their 2012 RNC convention logo?

--Josh Marshall
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Does The 2012 GOP Convention Logo Include A Minaret?

The RNC's 2012 convention logo features the Tampa Bay skyline and one of the buildings apparently represented in the logo is what was formerly the Old Tampa Bay Hotel, a prominent feature of the Florida city's skyline. What's interesting is that the Old Tampa Bay Hotel is a product of the so-called "Moorish Revival" architectural style. And the building is graced by six minarets, the small towers built around a mosque to call worshipers to prayer. The minarets even include the spires with half crescents, a well-known symbol of Islam.

So is it one of the building's six minarets in the RNC logo? Or is it one of the building's four cupolas? It looks to us like the minaret. But look at the picture and judge for yourself.

Full article here: http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/does-the-2012-gop-convention-logo-include-a-minaret-or-is-it-a-cupola.php?ref=fpblg

Let the Republicans sputter and fume over a spurious allegation for a change.

Especially if you are pretty well off. If you have lots there are plenty of doctrines in some views that can explain that in a pleasant way for people that are well off. So there is a trend for many to move to those thoughts from some groups.

Personally I like some of the ideas from those teachings, specifically free will and light. Also they are not as harsh on concepts of fear based teachings like fear of hell, but sometimes they do 'fear of God' in that same vein as fire and brimstone.

But the inclusive aspect is not the best fit, since I don't think it is for the best reasons in my view. I also disagree with 'houses' being that important.

I think they got the combination of both free will and predestination right, although most of what I have heard on that does not seem to explain how they can both exist at same time.


Personally I like the New Covenant as I learned it many years ago, Love and Forgiveness. Although much of what is in many text I read today is simply not the same writing as when I was growing up. Although the New Covenant includes the old testament, they are not separable, although many people disagree with that and do not see the teachings of Jesus Christ as a continuation of teachings.

So most is from memory, or what is written if it matches the same concept I learned years ago, but much of that includes Old Testament and New Testament.