Hawaii creates "Islam Day"

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

Thoughts? Opinions? Why did they pick 9-24 as the day? Think the governor will sign it?

HONOLULU -- Hawaii's state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" -- over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to Sept. 11, 2001.
The Senate's two Republicans argued that a minority of Islamic extremists have killed many innocents in terrorist attacks.

"I recall radical Islamists around the world cheering the horrors of 9/11. That is the day all civilized people of all religions should remember," said Republican Sen. Fred Hemmings to the applause of more than 100 people gathered in the Senate to oppose a separate issue -- same-*** civil unions.

The resolution to proclaim Sept. 24, 2009, as Islam Day passed the Senate on a 22-3 vote. It had previously passed the House and now goes to Republican Gov. Linda Lingle.

The bill seeks to recognize "the rich religious, scientific, cultural and artistic contributions" that Islam and the Islamic world have made. It does not call for any spending or organized celebration of Islam Day.

"We are a state of tolerance. We understand that people have different beliefs," said Sen. Will Espero, a Democrat. "We may not all agree on every single item and issue out there, but to say and highlight the negativity of the Islamic people is an insult to the majority" of believers "who are good law-abiding citizens of the world."

But Republican Sen. Sam Slom argued that the United States has become too sympathetic toward Islamic extremists.

"I don't think there's any country in the history of the world that has been more tolerant than the United States of America, and because of that tolerance, we've looked the other way a lot of times, and many thousands of our citizens have been killed by terrorists," said Slom, a Republican.

The lone Democrat voting against the bill opposed it on church-state separation fears.

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[csu87 10+ year member]

wtf happened to seperation of church and state?!?!? We cant have Christian Days that are officially recognized but we can have islam day. **** THAT SHIT!!!!!!

 

[Lil_KB 10+ year member]

my birthday is islam day. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

my birthday is islam day. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

lol, The first thing I thought of when I saw this was I hope its not on my birthday.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

wtf happened to seperation of church and state?!?!? We cant have Christian Days that are officially recognized but we can have islam day. **** THAT SHIT!!!!!!

.... Christmas?

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[mattf 5,000+ posts]

.... Christmas?
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Its Christmas, not Christian Day. I would bet there a lot of non Christians that celebrate Christmas.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Its Christmas, not Christian Day. I would bet there a lot of non Christians that celebrate Christmas.

No matter it is based on a Christian tradition, although it has been commercialized its still Christian.

There has never been true separation and church and state, if there was then In God We Trust wouldn't be embossed on every U.S. Treasury note

What about Easter?

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

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[yne721 10+ year member]

anybody who is upset by this is either a. racist, b. ignorant, c. both.

seriously who cares? how does it affect anybody in any negative way?

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

anybody who is upset by this is either a. racist, b. ignorant, c. both.
seriously who cares? how does it affect anybody in any negative way?

Well they aren't racist. Its a religion.

I don't know who cares. I just wanted to hear others' opinions on the subject.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Well they aren't racist. Its a religion.

I don't know who cares. I just wanted to hear others' opinions on the subject.

i know it's a religion, but a religion that's most commonly practiced by a certain race

and i'm not calling you out, just stating it before the clusterfuck starts

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

This is retarded. Whats the point?

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

No worse than the Government recognizing Christmas.

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

This is retarded. Whats the point?

so islamic people can finally feel united with the country duhhhhh

 

[timaishu 10+ year member]

No worse than the Government recognizing Christmas.

Christmas is celebrated by those who are not christian also.

Islam day would be about islam and islam only.