Discussion on Religious Expression in America

You know, I grew up in a Christian household,

I grew up in the South.

Islam is not my religion,

but I have Muslim friends who,

if that is how they worship,

even if I don't want to hear it,

that is their right to hear.

In the privacy of their own mosque

or their own home, not on the streets of America,

I think that we're speaking a very different vibe here.

If it's an expression.

We shouldn't be having that kind of thing going on,

and if you look at the parades that

are with little slits for their eyes, as a woman,

that's scary to me.

But that's not being forced on you, Congresswoman.

It's all across the country.

But that's not being forced on you to do, Congresswoman.

It's not happening at a congressional legal level.

But a six-year-old girl doesn't get a say

on whether she should wear a hijab or not.

I mean, this is very,

I think, dangerous ideology that's getting into American culture.

All right, Congresswoman, I appreciate you taking the time and

explaining your tweet as best you could there,

but the First Amendment is pretty clear on freedom of religion.

Article 6 also,

no religious test shall ever be required

as a qualification to any office.

I don't want this to get into American culture.

We have Christian foundations as a nation,

and this does not need to be a doctrine.

That's your opinion.

The First Amendment disagrees that it needs to stay that.

If someone wants to express their religion,

it's right there as number one in terms of the Constitution.

Then go back to that country, is all I'm saying.

Go back to that country of origin.

It doesn't need to be here.

Congresswoman,

America has a long history of expressing cultures from various countries.

You know that.

We have seen that play out in generations of immigration.

But I've got to leave the conversation there.

Congresswoman, thank you for being here.

I think we should ban all immigrants from those countries.

Thank you.

And that is your opinion, Congresswoman.

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