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Oklahoma Police Captain Sues Supervisor for Mandatory Attendance at Islamic Group Event
Fox News ^ | February 24, 2011 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 02/24/2011 1:14:02 PM PST by americanophile

A Tulsa police captain has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his civil rights were violated after he was reassigned and placed under investigation for refusing to order officers to attend a voluntary social event at a mosque.

Capt. Paul Fields claims he was ordered to assign police officers to attend a law enforcement appreciation day at the Islamic Society of Tulsa. Fields refused that order because he said it violated his religious beliefs.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; mosque; muslims; tulsa
Outrageous. Don't let tham Islamize you!
1 posted on 02/24/2011 1:14:08 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile; Islaminaction; Kolokotronis; annalex; MahatmaGandu; NYer; La Lydia; AnalogReigns; ..

ISLAMIZATION PING!

...police-mandated mosque attendance in OK.

2 posted on 02/24/2011 1:16:12 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

Can a policeman be under the same threat for refusing to attend a Christian or Jewish Policeman Appreciation event?


3 posted on 02/24/2011 1:16:54 PM PST by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: americanophile

The Captain is the one under investigation


4 posted on 02/24/2011 1:17:17 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: americanophile

This reminds me of the firefighters who were ordered to take part in a gay pride parade


5 posted on 02/24/2011 1:19:38 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: americanophile
"...to order officers to attend a voluntary social event..."

How can the officers be ORDERED to attend a VOLUNTARY event?

"...law enforcement appreciation day..."

How can one appreciate something that is doing its level best to destroy this country? I hope this police captain wins this case.
6 posted on 02/24/2011 1:20:17 PM PST by NCC-1701 (Impeach the Kenyan usurper. This administration is unConitutional. Show us the long form.)
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To: Hodar

The government shouldn’t be allowed to order anyone to attend a voluntary religious event.


7 posted on 02/24/2011 1:24:00 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

Federal lawsuit? OK, but isn’t this one of the few things unions are for? Where were they with this obvious grievance?


8 posted on 02/24/2011 1:27:35 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Unions only help with bilking the public out of money.


9 posted on 02/24/2011 1:39:36 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

I stand with Capt. Paul Fields on this, however, I believe he will lose the suit. I hope I’m wrong.

It should be interesting to see how this turns out.


10 posted on 02/24/2011 1:44:03 PM PST by Gator113 (I'm voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: americanophile

islam has declared war against the United States of America. islam has declared itself to be an enemy of the United States of America.
islam seeks the destruction and domination of the United States of America.


11 posted on 02/24/2011 1:44:40 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (Huguenot)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Because he holds the rank of captain, he may very well not be a member of any union.


12 posted on 02/24/2011 1:46:11 PM PST by Gator113 (I'm voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: PieterCasparzen

Islam needs to neutralize the U.S. in order to clean up the world and eliminate the stain of Christianity.


13 posted on 02/24/2011 1:46:48 PM PST by x_plus_one
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To: Gator113

He may be in the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) which is a national union.


14 posted on 02/24/2011 1:51:40 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: americanophile
Ibrahim Hooper, the spokesman for the Council on America-Islamic Relations said he was following the incident and said it’s an example of “anti-Muslim bigotry clarity.”

Fixed it for ya, raghead.

15 posted on 02/24/2011 3:38:04 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: americanophile

In Oklahoma???? I thought people were sane there....


16 posted on 02/24/2011 3:38:26 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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refusing to order officers to attend a voluntary social event

Does the word 'voluntary' stick out to you as it does me?

17 posted on 02/24/2011 5:18:10 PM PST by rawhide
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