The Worldwide Religious News website reports today (November 19, 2011) that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called state and national GOP leaders yesterday to demand the resignation of a Tennessee lawmaker, after he suggested in a radio interview that U.S. Muslims should "go back to where they came from" if they objected to his recent call for the removal of all Muslims serving in the military.
CAIR -- a Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization -- said Republican State Rep. Rick Womick's "bigoted and un-American" views render him incapable of fairly representing the people of Tennessee.
Ibrahim Hooper -- CAIR National Communications Director -- said, "His (Womick's) understanding of the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause is obviously too flawed for him to fairly and effectively represent all the citizens of Tennessee."
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