Splashed across this morning's newspapers are photos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sporting a headscarf as she visited Syria, which included a stop at a mosque. While it is troubling that the leader third in line for the presidency (behind only the Vice President) would kowtow to a country that is a major purveyor in the trafficking of women, illegal drugs and terrorism, it's even more disturbing that she would concede by covering her head--which is usually seen as a sign of submission in the Muslim world.
On the home front we continue to uncover the anti-family efforts of this new Congress. The major accomplishments the new Democratic Leadership in the House can point to are furthering taxpayer funding of destructive human embryo research, de-funding (and demoralizing) our troops fighting the war against terrorists and passing a budget that would raise our taxes by at least $400 billion.
Unfortunately, this is only the beginning. Waiting in the on-deck circle are bills that would treat homosexuals as a special protected class, eliminate abstinence funding and use tax money for abortions--just to name a few. The more this Congress attacks the values important to American families, the clearer it is that they have strayed from their mandate.
Comments (3)
are you serious? she wore a scarf on one occasion of her trip, and you are making this an issue?
and if you want to talk about the submission of women, maybe you should start with you fellow religious fundamentalists.
April 5, 2007 6:18 PM | Comment Permalink
By the way... what again does Pelosi's visit to Syria have to do with "family values?"
Other than, of course, her desire to end violence in the middle east and in turn keeping families together?
April 6, 2007 9:59 AM | Comment Permalink
Kow Tow? What lengths will you bigots go to to condemn the "other side" as evil? Pelosi was just showing RESPECT for a country's social norms. If you had ANY clue about Islam, you would know that it is not just a religion, but is also an intricate part of an Islamic country's political and social norms. There is nothing to indicate that she is being SUBMISSIVE at all by wearing a scarf. Shame on you. Jesus, if he were here (and obviously he's not) would be appalled at your actions.
J. Wrobel
April 14, 2007 2:06 PM | Comment Permalink