# State Lawmakers Walk Out During Muslim Prayer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawmakers-walk-out-during-muslim-prayer/159077>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 4, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawmakers-walk-out-during-muslim-prayer/159077 "2003-03-04T20:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Peter\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Doubt)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawmakers-walk-out-during-muslim-prayer/159077/81 "2003-04-03T07:59:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by elucidator \*  
> Blaming Islam for OBL and his ilk makes about as much sense as blaming the Amish for David Koresh.

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> \*Originally posted by foolsguinea \*  
> **He was a Seventh-Day Adventist, not Amish.**

Wasn’t the contrast between a relatively peaceful sect of Christianity like the Amish and Koresh’s Branch Davidians the point of the original comment?

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**Author:** ![diffdam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@diffdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diffdam)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawmakers-walk-out-during-muslim-prayer/159077/82 "2003-04-03T13:21:33Z")

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When I see a person with a BOOK which he says I must just have faith in without being rational, I reach for my gun.There are dozens of such books, all disagreeing with each other.  
Religion is being used as a figleaf for power wars. Bush is no more a Christian than Saddam is a Moslem.Bush was into booze & coke until he was told to shape up for top office then BANG! he suddenly sees the light. Does anybody believe in Saddam’s piety?  
These politicians who walked out on a prayer did it for votes, stupid. The clue is in their job title : politician, a lying scumbag who will say whatever you want to get your vote, then crap all over you.  
Strange, when you kick a dog it remembers it.With people you can bull them into thinking you did them a favour(hey, I was dislodging your fleas!)  
Use your brain, these are politicians!!

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawmakers-walk-out-during-muslim-prayer/159077/83 "2003-04-03T15:10:30Z")

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diffdam:

Please do two things regarding your posting just above:

[list][li]Look at the forum title & description. It says Great Debates; it does not say Muckraking Myths.[/li][li]Provide some reputable evidence (aka, the opposite of myth) for each of the at least eleven things you’ve asserted there.[/li][/quote]

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-lawmakers-walk-out-during-muslim-prayer/159077/84 "2003-04-03T15:14:16Z")

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And if a mod/admin who wanders by would be so kind as to do one thing for my posting above: change the close tag to a close list tag. Thanks!

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