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Lynne Torgerson launches second campaign against Keith Ellison, calls him a ‘radical Islamist’

By | 09.13.11 | 1:33 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Lynne Torgerson launched her second campaign against Rep. Keith Ellison on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this weekend at her home in Golden Valley, calling for a return to “Judeo-Christian values” and labeling Ellison as a “radical Islamist” who wants to do away with the U.S. Constitution.

Torgerson, who has the More…

Mich. state rep. Agema not to appear at controversial Terry Jones rally as announced

By | 09.06.11 | 5:00 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

State Rep. Dave Agema (R-Grandville) was announced as a speaker at a Lansing rally Wednesday organized by Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who made headlines when he threatened to burn a Koran on his church property earlier this year, but his office denies the accuracy of that announcement.
His More…

Herman Cain blasts Keith Ellison on the radio, says he supports Sharia law

By | 04.06.11 | 3:06 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Potential presidential contender Herman Cain told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham that he wouldn’t allow Muslims to serve in his administration and that, because Rep. Keith Ellison took his oath of office on the Qur’an instead of the Bible, he supports Sharia law above the Constitution. Cain, a Republican, More…

Harold Koh Confirms That He’s Not Against Mother’s Day and Wouldn’t Impose Sharia Law

By | 04.28.09 | 5:13 pm

Despite some of the more extreme attacks on Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Obama’s nominee for counsel to the State Department, Koh skillfully defended himself at a remarkably respectful hearing on his nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

Although he faced tough questions on More…