Tennessee lawmakers confuse mop sink for Muslim foot-washing sink

[Redfairen]

Sometimes a mop sink is just a mop sink. Building managers and legislative staffers have sought to reassure some concerned Tennessee lawmakers that recent renovations at the state Capitol did not install special facilities for Muslims to wash their feet before praying.

Senate Clerk Russell Humphrey said he had been approached by a House and Senate member to inquire about the sink, which replaced a utility sink that had been mounted higher on the wall and was used for filling and emptying buckets.

“There was concern about why it had been modified,” said Humphrey, who declined to identify the lawmakers or elaborate on their concerns.

Republican Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, confirmed that he had spoken to Humphrey about whether there were religious reasons for the new sink after the issue was raised by Rep. Judd Matheny, R-Tullahoma.

Matheny and Ketron were the main sponsors of a 2011 bill that sought to make it a felony to follow some versions of the Islamic code known as Shariah law.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/mar/25/q-capitol-sink-muslims-no-mops/?CID=happeningnow

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Would these bigots be OK with the sink

if it was gonna be used by foot-washin' baptists? I believe we all know the answer to that one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. OMG! What's that??

It's a prayer rug! Sharia law! OMG!

No, actually it's a door mat.

That's next, you know. WTF is wrong with these people?

[Moonwalk]

7. I do wonder if they' re all suspicious of yoga mats....

...come to think of it, I'm suspicious of yoga mats.

[tanyev]

8. I'm tempted to sneak up behind them and yell BOO! very loudly,

but they'd probably pull out a gun and shoot me.

[Moonwalk]

3. Little do they know it is there for the Georgian conquers to rinse off their boots...

...after they march into Tennessee

Built by Tennessee moles working for Georgia, I tell you!

[angstlessk]

4. This mop sink is so practical it begs the question "WHY ASK"

I mean an old mop sink is waist high..and you have to lift it over the lip of the deep sink...then empty the old water and run the bucket around a fixed faucet.l..

This model, simply tip the bucket of old water into the sink...then place the bucket into the sink..and run the flexible tube around the bucket to rinse..then fill the bucket and lift it 5 inches instead of 3 feet...

[The Magistrate]

5. It Ought To Hurt To Be That Stupid, Ma'am

[JHB]

16. It does... for everyone else.

I felt pain just reading it.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. Hey... You need to put that breaker box just a couple more feet closer to the running water.

What kind of code enforcement do they have in that state?

The breaker box and two access panels should be in the tub, not a foot or two away from it.

How do you expect to effectively electrocute the facility's workers?

[louis-t]

9. Aw jeez...

These people are obsessed.

[d_r]

10. stupid rednecks

worried to death about creeping muslim takeover stealing their churches and white ladies

[pa28]

11. Good thing they didn't find the secret mosque hidden behind the wall panel.

Whoops . . . I've said too much.

[doeriver]

12. Tennessee General Assembly member contact information

Tennessee General Assembly - Senator Bill Ketron
R-Murfreesboro
District 13 —Part of Rutherford County — Map
district address
12 Jefferson Square
805 South Church Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
nashville address
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 5 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone [phone]
[e-mail]


Tennessee General Assembly - Rep. Judd Matheny
R-Tullahoma
District 47 — Coffee and part of Warren Counties — Map
district address
398 Vanguard Lane
Tullahoma, TN 37388
nashville address
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 215 War Memorial Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]

[zbdent]

13. Damn ... what an insidious plot!

We've been infiltrated for decades!

[No Vested Interest]

14. Will soneone please make sure that this story

is plastered all over their local newspapers and radio stations?
Over and over and over.

[uselessobot]

15. So I guess in TN unsafe electrical is OK

Any licensed TN electricians who can explain why the sink is within 3 feet of the breaker box?
Most places that would be a big violation but it is TN so maybe the electrical code is ignored.

[JHB]

17. This is on par with "the gold fringe on flags means we're really under martial law"