It all began when the legislature decided to upgrade its 150 year old building by making improvement to the plumbing system. Among those improvements were updated bathrooms, that included installing sinks for maintenance workers to fill their buckets used for cleaning the facilities.
But where normal America sees a maintenance sink, Tennessee America sees a Muslim.
You see, a few Republican lawmakers in the state legislature were convinced that the new sinks in the bathrooms were actually secret Muslim foot baths, used by devout Muslims to clean their face, feet and hands before praying. Not surprisingly, the two lawmakers, Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro and Rep. Judd Matheny, proposed a law two years back to jail anyone who follows Shariah law (which, you know, is a big problem in Tennessee, being such a diverse welcoming place):
A proposed Tennessee law would make following the Islamic code known as Shariah law a felony, punishable by 15 years in jail.
State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and state Rep. Judd Matheny, R-Tullahoma, introduced the same bill in the Senate and House last week. It calls Shariah law a danger to homeland security and gives the attorney general authority to investigate complaints and decide who’s practicing it….
Oh Republicans, where would we get our daily dose of derisive laughter if ya'll didn't exist?
Yep first they stop to wash their feet in the mop sink, and next thing you know they are strapping bombs to the janitor cart and wheeling it out into the lobby. ("Allahu Akbar! You Tennessee heathens!)
My guess is that Tennessee has been so jealous of all the attention that Florida gets for craziness that they felt they had to do SOMETHING in order to stay competitive.
This incident was so ripe for mocking that Stephen Colbert simply could not resist.
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