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Quote:Posted on Sun, Mar. 09, 2003
An epidemic of stupidity, intolerance
By Peter Delevett
Mercury News
Every time we turn around these days, it seems another public figure says something incredibly dumb.
The latest to show off her ignorance was Washington state Rep. Lois McMahan, a law-and-order Republican from suburban Tacoma.
As in many states, our neighbors to the north like to kick off their legislative sessions with a prayer. Monday's chaplain was a Muslim cleric named Mohamad Joban.
As Joban began to pray, McMahan and another legislator walked out.
McMahan -- in one of the more stunning recent examples of official intolerance -- later called her protest ``an issue of patriotism,'' adding that Islam is ``part and parcel with the attack on America.''
To blame the world's 1.3 billion Muslims for the acts of a few fanatics is like blaming every white man with a mustache for Hitler's atrocities.
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