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Pawlenty double standard on sharia-compliant mortgages?
2011-03-26
Posted by:ryuge

#8  I'd bet on Door #3, EM.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-03-26 14:09  

#7  This article confused me (and I know that it shouldn't surprise me since it's in TIME, but anyway ...)

I'm trying to figure out where the double-standard is that they are asking about. Are they implying that Pawlenty was being too conservative in cancelling the special state financing program? Or are they implying that he had encouraged to have this program started in the first place (which he happened to cancel)?

Or ... did they just want to put up a headline that put Pawlenty's name next to the phrase "sharia-compliant" as a preemptive strike to be used later in case he makes some strides as someone's eventual vice-presidential choice?
Posted by: ExtremeModerate   2011-03-26 14:06  

#6  Time is but toilet paper. If any politician, Judge, or public figure wants sharia law, than they should be very publicly shunned in this day. The ignorance is overpowering.
Posted by: newc   2011-03-26 12:47  

#5  Do any other religions -- or any other groups, for that matter -- get financial instruments tailored to their specific requirements? (A credit card with their name in a cute design on the front doesn't count.)
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-03-26 09:01  

#4  Nope. There is no double standard---because Islam is not a religion the way the concept was defined in USA constitution (it doesn't render into Caesar).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-03-26 04:12  

#3  Now we know where Gene London went.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-03-26 01:18  

#2  LOL
The important thing is that you tried, Joe.
Posted by: ryuge   2011-03-26 00:19  

#1  Uh, uh, the late 1960's GOOD-N-PLENTY, GOOD-N-PLENTY CANDY COMMERCIAL???

Gut nuthin.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-03-26 00:12  

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