Condemning religiously intolerant remarks and calling on the President to clearly censure and reassign Lieutenant General Boykin for his religiously intolerant remarks.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 419 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 419

Condemning religiously intolerant remarks and calling on the President
to clearly censure and reassign Lieutenant General Boykin for his
religiously intolerant remarks.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 28, 2003

Mr. Conyers (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Jackson-Lee
of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr.
Wexler, Mr. McDermott, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Waters, Ms. Lee, Mr. Honda,
Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Watson, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Meehan) submitted the
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned

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RESOLUTION

Condemning religiously intolerant remarks and calling on the President
to clearly censure and reassign Lieutenant General Boykin for his
religiously intolerant remarks.

Whereas Lieutenant General William Boykin, United States Army, who is currently
serving as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and War-
Fighting Support, has recently made a number of intolerant remarks
against people of the Islamic faith while wearing his military uniform
during numerous public addresses;
Whereas those remarks by Lieutenant General Boykin include the following:
Islamic extremists hate the United States because ``we're a Christian
nation''; ``Our spiritual enemy will only be defeated if we come against
them in the name of Jesus''; President Bush ``is in the White House
because God put him there''; ``I knew that my God was a real God, and
[the Muslim God] was an idol''; ``The enemy that has come against our
nation is a spiritual enemy'' named Satan;
Whereas Islam is a monotheistic faith, a faith whose followers are an integral
part of the social fabric of America and many other countries;
Whereas the position currently held by Lieutenant General Boykin requires him to
interact routinely with Muslims from all over the world;
Whereas Lieutenant General Boykin has failed to retract his remarks or to issue
a full apology for those controversial and divisive statements;
Whereas the remarks made by Lieutenant General Boykin have impaired the image of
the United States worldwide and threaten to endanger United States
forces in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
Whereas such remarks by a high-ranking military official undermine the war on
terrorism by insulting Muslim allies of the United States and Muslim
citizens of the United States, including those Muslim citizens in the
United States Armed Forces: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns bigotry and intolerance against any religious
group, including people of the Islamic faith; and
(2) calls on the President--
(A) to clearly censure Lieutenant General William
Boykin, United States Army, for his religiously
intolerant remarks against people of the Islamic faith;
and
(B) to reassign Lieutenant General Boykin to a new
position in which his views will not impact United
States Government policy decisions toward Muslims.
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