Jews- the 2% Solution
... The end of this exchange left us, the Jewish delegation, in shock. Speaker Bosma, defending the prayer issue, asked, ?How many Jews are there in Indiana? About 2%? There are at least 80% Christians in Indiana.? The implication of this statement was that our minority community doesn?t and shouldn?t have any say or any voice. It is about the majority and what the majority wants. The jaws of the delegation dropped to the floor. We were speechless. Everything we believed about this country had just been trampled. Gone was the belief of the constitutional protection of minorities. Gone was not feeling marginalized. Gone was the belief we were not strangers in this country. ...
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Date/Time: 19.02.2006 05:11
From: amberglow
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