Dems: Amen to Ramadan, but forget about Christmas

WND ^ | 12-12-2007 | Bob Unruh

[Nachum]

Only weeks after voting for a resolution that "recognizes the Islamic faith as one of the great religions of the world," nine Democrats in the U.S. House refused to vote for a Christmas resolution that condemns the worldwide persecution of Christians.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***nine Democrats in the U.S. House refused to vote for a Christmas resolution that condemns the worldwide persecution of Christians.***

NAMES! We need NAMES!

[Nachum]

Nays:
Ackerman
Clarke
DeGette
Hastings (FL)
Lee
McDermott
Scott (VA)
Stark
Woolsey

[Nachum]

There were 40 not voting...

[JRios1968]

Already posted here

[VeniVidiVici]

Already posted here

What? Are we stuck in a loop? Convicted of crimes, impeached, like Hastings or McDermott, or crimes against nature, the list doesn't surprise me.

[JimRed]

...nine Democrats in the U.S. House refused to vote for a Christmas resolution that condemns the worldwide persecution of Christians.

When did each of them convert to Islam?

[the anti-liberal]

Interesting loop you've created. It's actually quite cool.

From MM:

Scrooges on the Hill: Saying no to Christmas resolution

By Michelle Malkin  •  December 12, 2007 03:18 PM

From the office of GOP Rep. Steve King:

Congressman Steve King reacted this morning to the nine “NO” votes on his resolution to honor Christmas and the Christian faith. The vote shocked Capitol Hill observers because votes on similar resolutions honoring the holidays of Islam and Hinduism passed without any NO votes.

Appearing this morning on the Fox News Channel’s Fox and Friends, King said, “The [nine] naysayers didn’t make it to the floor to debate. I would like to know how they could vote Yes on Islam, Yes on the Indian Religions and No on Christianity when the foundation of this nation and our American culture is Christianity…I think there’s an assault on Christianity in America.”

The nine Members voting NO were Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) (FL), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). None of the nine voted against resolutions honoring the Islamic holiday of Ramadan and the Hindu holiday of Diwali.

Here’s video:

More:

Nine Democrats voted No – Ackerman, Clarke, DeGette, Hastings (FL), Lee, McDermott, Scott (VA), Stark and Woolsey.
Nine Democrats voted Present – Conyers, Frank (MA), Holt, Payne, Schakowsky, Schwartz, Wasserman Schultz, Welch (VT) and Yarmuth

This is interesting because of this group 17 of the 18 Ds above voted FOR a resolution honoring Ramadan (Lee missed the vote). Note that the King resolution was based on the language in the Ramadan resolution. You can compare them if you want, but King’s is more benign. Ramadan – H.Res. 635 and Christmas – H. Res. 847

H. Res. 847: recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 1143

[Cindy]

Reposting a clickable link to post no. 8:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1143.xml

[the anti-liberal]

Thanks - the %20 at the end of the url got in the way, didn’t it? (I hadn’t put there.)

[Cindy]

I know you didn’t put it there.
That happens sometimes.

[Gene Eric]

>> What? Are we stuck in a loop?

LOL - I just got off that train.