Massachusetts Senate Bill S.2134 proposes establishing a permanent state commission to promote the civil rights, inclusion, and civic participation of American Muslims. Key aspects include creating an 11-member appointed body, addressing Islamophobia, and advancing through legislative committees to the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
It creates an 11-member panel appointed by officials including the Governor, Attorney General, and state committee chairs.
The panel acts as a state resource on Muslim community needs, assists with government-community liaison work, and recommends qualified individuals for public positions.
The panel will focus on developing better institutional responses and protections against Islamophobic discrimination.
It is difficult to imagine they need this, and if Christians can’t promote their religion outside of the church, how is it Islam can? The most persecuted religious people right now are Jews, followed by Christians, not Islamists.
Critics and advocacy groups argue that establishing a permanent state entity centered on a single religious group raises constitutional separation-of-church-and-state concerns under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.
It is even worse than that. Islam is not just a religion. It’s a totalitarian way of life and involves social, spiritual, cultural, and political beliefs. They have Sharia law, which cannot co-exist with the US Constitution. Many radical Islamists have immigrated to the United States without any interest in assimilation.
Does that mean Islam is the favored and protected religion? Will it be used to establish blasphemy laws, and prevent people from speaking against it? Does it mean they will promote mosques everywhere, and allow the call to prayer five times a day? Muslims who don’t get jobs will sue regularly, claiming discrimination? What does it mean?
The bill sounds suicidal and unconstitutional, but I’m not a lawyer.
