Source: texastribune.org
Freshman state Rep. Molly White, R-Belton, is not in Austin today to celebrate Texas Muslim Capitol Day. But she left instructions for the staff in her Capitol office on how to handle visitors who are, including asking them to declare allegiance to the United States.
“I did leave an Israeli flag on the reception desk in my office with instructions to staff to ask representatives from the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws,” she posted on Facebook. “We will see how long they stay in my office.”
Texas Muslim Capitol Day, which began in 2003, is organized by the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and brings members of Muslim communities in Houston, Dallas and other areas of the state to the Capitol to learn about the political process and meet state lawmakers. Texas has the eighth-largest Muslim population in the United States, with more than 420,000 Muslims residing in the state, according to estimates from the Texas State Historical Association.
Even before participants in Thursday’s event — about 100 Muslims, mostly children — could get to lawmakers’ offices, they encountered opposition from a group of about 25 protesters outside the Capitol holding signs. One said, “Radical Islam is the New Nazi.” Another said, “Go Home & Take Obama With You.”
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If I were an American who happened to be a Muslim, I would greatly offended by this politician’s statement. That said, as an American who happens not to be a Muslim, I am appalled that this politician would insist that Muslims be required to do what she insists they do. Furthermore, I find that her display of the Israeli flag in her office to be inappropriate (as I would the display of any other foreign flag).
I am glad that she is merely a Texas state representative and not part of the US federal congress. She is a reactionary and can’t ‘think outside the box’…
Good Heavens! She’s a Texan. What do you expect?