Impeach McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor Today: NAACP and CAIR claim they champion diversity of opinion but then slam Tea Party meeting

Monday, March 28, 2011

NAACP and CAIR claim they champion diversity of opinion but then slam Tea Party meeting

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3/28/11, ""Mansfield (Ohio) school chief pulls plug on 'anti-Islamic' tea party event," Mansfield News Journal

"A Mansfield North Central Ohio Tea Party Association event featuring a speaker on radical Islam will go on at 7 p.m. today as planned, but in a different location.Usama Dakdok will speak at Premier Office Complex, 1456 Park Avenue West, Suite J. Attendees are advised to bring lawn chairs.

The group had planned to meet at its usual location at the high school until this morning, when Mansfield City Schools Superintendent Dan Freund, citing safety concerns,

withdrew permission for the group to meet there.

Speaking at a 10:30 a.m. press conference at the school's central office, 856 W. Cook Road, Freund said that, after consulting with Mansfield City Police, the school decided it could not guarantee public safety at a Mansfield North Central Ohio Tea Party Association event scheduled for 7 p.m.

In his comments, Freund said the district's decision was prompted by safety concerns and not by the presumed content of the scheduled speaker's message.

The Mansfield Branch of NAACP followed with a press conference of their own at 11 a.m.

Shortly after 7:30 a.m. today, the NAACP announced it would hold a joint press conference at 11 a.m. to ask the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education and superintendent to withdraw permission for the tea party meeting tonight. Around 10 a.m., the

superintendent's office announced a press conference for 10:30 a.m.

According to a press release issued this morning, NAACP will be joined at the 11 a.m. press conference by representatives from the

Council on American-Islamic Relations,

Mansfield Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance

and other civic community leaders.

NAACP is asking for a “rigorous review” of the school’s facilities use guidelines and policies before an event scheduled for Mansfield Senior High School community room at 7 p.m. today.

Mansfield North Central Ohio Tea Party Association, which meets regularly at the high school, will host guest speaker Usama Dakdok.

The press release announcing his appearance said that Dakdok will “reveal the ways that we are not just losing our freedoms, but that we are surrendering them to our enemy, radical Islam. He will explain what Islam is and what Muslims believe.” The event is open to the public and, according to the tea party press release “a freewill offering will be taken.” ...

Use of the facilities is restricted to purposes deemed “harmonious with the purposes of this District.” Raising funds for political purposes is prohibited as are private social functions or any purpose prohibited by law.

The NAACP press release states: “We must stand together as a community and realize there exists many, diverse cultures in America. We as Americans have a right to choose whatever religion we wish to follow. It is our country’s diversity which has made us a nation rich in cultural experience and our children have a right to know that whatever faith they choose to follow, that they

will not be judged by their color or religion, but by the content of their character.”"

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Update, 12/20/11, I have no confidence whatsoever that this story is true. ed.

The FBI, under Obama, has even cut off dealings with CAIR.

1/29/09, "FBI Cuts Off CAIR Over Hamas Questions,"The Investigative Project on Terrorism

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Comments to this story at Weasel Zippers that I liked:

"Sara B says:

March 28, 2011 at 2:55 pm

Let me get this straight…NAACP and CAIR stand for diversity of all opinions and the right to join any group in the community except for the Tea Party and those who disagree with radical Islam. They should be embarrassed by the double-speak of their press release but understanding the way they operate they probably didn’t even notice.

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chaban

March 28, 2011 at 3:05 pm

We just lose every single freaking battle. Seriously!

Our guys ALWAYS cave in.

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