Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has equated foot-washing stations for Muslims at airports in Dallas and Houston to "white-only bathrooms" in a letter to the Department of Justice.

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/51011418

The Brief

  • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has asked the Justice Deparment to investigate foot-washing stations at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
  • Abbott called the stations “discriminatory” in his letter addressed to Attorney General Todd Blanche and equated them to “white-only bathrooms.”
  • In the letter, the governor also took issue with a prayer room at Bush Airport that he says has “copies of the Quaran, prayer rugs, prayer beads and a turbah.”
  • hactar42@lemmy.world
    32·
    5 days ago

    Let’s just ignore the fact that DFW Airport has 5 chapels. Greg Abbott is a little piss baby.

  • rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works
    20·
    5 days ago

    As a white person, I would love to be able to wash my stinky feet after wearing shoes for 12+ hours. Can we get these in every airport please?

  • GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    5 days ago

    Because he’s a fucking idiot and knows his supporters dont know there are already foot washing stations at DFW. They were simply adding more to accommodate the demand.

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      5 days ago

      The same idiots would be incenced if they saw a Muslim washing their feet in the bathroom sink.

      They just don’t want Muslims around.

      • GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        5 days ago

        And to add to the irony Abbott has spent the last 10 years courting Indians and Middle Eastern people to Texas to work and live. Now they’re all in an uproar that there’s large Indian communities and Muslims building mosques

    • Canajan@piefed.caEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      His supporters should use them also, maybe they’d have less ingrown toenails.

  • eurodyne@piefed.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    So… They’re “discriminatory” because they’re not racist in the favor of white Christians?

    Because they pierce your solipsistic delusion?

  • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    6·
    5 days ago

    Note that this article is from the local news station Fox4. While I’m not a fan of Fox News, this article seems to be pretty unbiased and balanced.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    51·
    5 days ago

    You can tell if someone is christian, because their feet stink to high heaven.