Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam Minister of Protocol, Claudette Marie Johnson, to his Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes in 2005. Why this has just come up, is beyond me?
This gem, submitted by a reader, warrants special attention. Having lived in Chicago for some years, I’ve watched my fair share of public access television. On said TV, among others, Calypso Louie Farrakhan (oh, you didn’t know he used to be named Calypso Louie? Please click here to learn more) was often featured, giving his sermons to the Nation of Islam, boys on the left, girls on the right. Many of the times, I have heard him make legitimately anti-Semitic comments. This, by the way, is not surprising. All religions hate other religions. That is one of their prime functions. Interestingly enough, many of the christian preachers did the same thing. Remember all religions need to have an enemy.
What is amazing is that the NOI has such legitimacy. And now, the Governor of Illinois wants to listen to the thoughts of these religious lunatics. On the subject of hate?
Nevermind that hate crimes are a bad idea. It’s the thought that governments are soliciting the opinions of religious groups, who are guilty of the very thing that they are meant to advise on. Harkens back to a question from Aristotle: are judges who have committed crimes better than ones who haven’t? It’s the equivalent of asking the KKK to draft up civil rights legislation.
And what happened to separation of church and State? These cults have such a wonderful position… practically no taxation and over-representation. Lucky them. Dangerous times.
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