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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Ramadan Yea, Christmas Nay
By Amanda Carpenter
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Democrats who supported a House resolution to honor Ramadan voted against a similar resolution to honor Christmas and Christianity last night.

18 Democrats voted “nay” or “present” on a resolution to “recognize the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.” An eagle-eyed Republican House staffer points out that those same members, with one exception, voted to “recognize the commencement of Ramadan,” a Muslim religious observance in October.

Nine Democrats voted against the Christmas resolution. They are: Rep. Gary Ackerman (N.Y.), Rep. Yvette Clarke (N.Y.), Rep. Diane DeGette (Colo.), Rep. Alcee Hastings (Fla.), Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Rep. Jim McDermott (Wash.), Rep. Robert Scott (Va.), Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.) and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (Calif.).

Another nine Democrats chose to vote "present." They are: Rep. John Conyers (Mich.), Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.), Rep. Rush Holt (N.J.), Rep. Donald Payne (N.J.), Rep. Allyson Schwartz (Pa.), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (Ill.), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), Rep. Peter Welch (Vt.) and Rep. John Yarmuth (Ky.).

Each of them supported the Ramadan resolution except for Rep. Lee, who did not vote.

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Reply # 1
Date: Dec 12, 2007 - 12:26 PM EST
Surprised?
Is anyone really surprised about this? I'll be equally "surprised" when folks start posting on here about how "we already know the importance of Christmas, so we don't need to say it. Muslims, however, need to be told how important they are."

Kinda like school children.
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Reply # 2
Date: Dec 12, 2007 - 1:07 PM EST
Defeat the Democrats!
As a separationist, I don't like an official government endorsement of any one religion, but the decision to honor Ramadan but not Christmas speaks more about the idiocy and ugliness of the hard left than anything else. Defeat the Democrats in 2008!
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