On December 15th Investors.com posted an editorial about some of the decisions of the Eric Holder Justice Department. There are definitely some things that need to be looked at.
The Justice Department has sued an Illinois school department for rejecting a Muslim teacher’s request to take a three-week leave of absence to travel to Mecca.
According to the article:
“The suit claims that the Berkeley School District discriminated against middle-school instructor Safoorah Khan, whose religion “required” her to perform the hajj, and is seeking damages for this so-called victim.”
Doesn’t the school district have the right to deny a teacher a three-week leave of absence?
The article further reports:
“Attorney General Eric Holder is fulfilling a promise to pander to the special interests of Muslims. In June 2009, he pledged “a new beginning between the United States and the Muslim community” that includes “robust enforcement” of “religious freedoms.”
“”We are committed to using criminal and civil rights laws to protect Muslim Americans” in the workplace, housing market and schools, he said, adding that he was making it “a top priority.”
“Earlier this month, Holder spoke in San Francisco at the annual dinner of an anti-FBI group called the Muslim Advocates, whom he described as “partners in our work to promote tolerance.””
I am not in favor of discrimination against anyone, but there is a difference between discrimination and special privileges. ‘Tolerance’ should not be an excuse for enforcing laws differently for different people.
The editorial lists the groups that Attorney General Holder has spoken to over the past two years. This is not an Attorney General who represents the majority of Americans or who represents all Americans equally. I don’t expect him to be replaced as long as President Obama is in the White House, but I will be voting for a Republican President (regardless of who it is) in order to end Mr. Holder’s term as Attorney General. He has created a level of partisanship in the Justice Department that simply does not belong there. The handling of the Black Panters Voting Intimidation Case and the suit against the Arizona immigration law were simply inexcusable.