Rep. Carl Gatto, a teabagger from Palmer, Alaska, wants to pass a law to stop Sharia law from overtaking the state. The tiny minority of Alaska Muslims look up to say, "Wait, what are we trying to do?"

From ADN:

Palmer Republican Rep. Carl Gatto has set off a political firestorm with a bill aimed at stopping what he deems as the potential of Islamic religious law -- Sharia -- trumping the U.S. Constitution in Alaska courts.

What in the hell is this guy talking about?  Who could possibly support wasting our Alaska Legislatior's time on this bullshit/

Gatto said he has strong support of Mat-Su area tea party groups...

Oh, now I see it is an idea hatched by the knuckle draggers and paint chip eaters in Wasilla and Palmer.  How could I have NOT seen that coming?

However to be fair to Gatto, which by the way is Italian for "asshole," he is not the only low functioning moron attempting to stop those terrible Muslims from implementing Islamic law in their states. Even though there is NO evidence that any American Muslims are actively attempting to do any such thing.

It's part of a push nationally by conservative state legislators, with similar measures introduced in more than a dozen states.

However just because there are other low functioning political types doing the same thing, it does not provide any cover for Mr. Asshole Gatto.  Somebody once told me that even if a million people do a stupid thing, it is STILL a stupid thing.

By the way exactly how many Muslims do we even HAVE in Alaska?

A member of the Islamic Community Center of Alaska sent an email addressed to Gatto saying 4,000 to 6,000 Muslims live peacefully in Alaska and asking him to "please do not ignite hate and misunderstanding." Another Muslim from Anchorage, Lamin Jobarteh, said Muslims follow U.S. law. There is no Sharia law in Alaska, he said.

"There is nothing like that. We have a harmonious relationship with everybody here," said Jobarteh, who said he's originally from Gambia and has lived in Anchorage for the past 17 years.

"4,000 to 6,000?"  How in the hell is a group that makes up less than 1% of the population in our state supposed to impose ANYTHING on the rest of us? 


You know it seems pretty clear to me that Rep. Gallo is suffering from a pronounced case of xenophobia. And that he clearly fears anything that is unlike him, or that threatens his belief that Christianity is the all time bestest religion in the whole wide world.

However what he is doing could be very harmful to the peace loving Muslims who live in our state.

And what Rep. Gatto fails to understand is that making these accusations about a people who have done him no harm, and who have only professed a desire to live in harmony, can smear their good name and cause them to suffer harassment or threatening behavior by those who take Rep. Gatto at his word.

Now I don't actually know Rep. Gatto. I have only seen him the one time standing outside in his robe while I drove past.  But he seemed quite pleasant and even waved to me.

However I have to believe that deep down inside Rep. Gatto is a decent man, and I implore him to simply drop this ridiculous idea and get back to working on things of substance that really matter to the people of Alaska.  Especially since it appears that even IF, by some miracle, this law were to pass, it would not make one bit of difference to how law is practiced in this state anyhow.

Anchorage Democratic Rep. Max Gruenberg said the bill as written wouldn't apply to criminal law, and asked a lawyer for the state whether she could see a scenario where the bill would make any difference in how the laws are being applied in Alaska.

"I've had difficulty figuring out how it could ever be applied," said Assistant Attorney General Mary Ellen Beardsley.

You know if the teabaggers are all so fired up about saving the state some money, perhaps they could start by not spending valuable tax payer money on frivolous bullshit like this!

Just a thought.