Two Muslim women were prohibited from sitting behind the podium at Barack Obama’s Monday rally in Detroit, apparently so their headscarves would not appear in photographs with him (Obama), according to a report Wednesday in the Politico.com....
One volunteer said that one of the women could not be seen on TV with Obama “because of the political climate and what’s going on in the world and what’s going on with Muslim Americans,” according to the Muslim woman’s friend.
The other volunteer gave a less political explanation to the other woman, according to the article, claiming nobody with any kind of headpiece could sit behind the stage.
Both women said they were disappointed by the treatment they received at the rally, and the Obama campaign later apologized, according to The Politico....
The Obama campaign has battled questions about his patriotism and persistent rumors that the presumptive Democratic nominee is a secret Muslim. The campaign set up a Web site last week to debunk such rumors.
Doesn't sound like treatment that unites, does it?
This would have created an enormous firestorm had John McCain's people done this.
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