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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral was criticized by a U.S. congresswoman aft starring the House supplication connected Friday morning. However, it was not the separation of religion and authorities that fueled her, and now, Valley congressmen are speaking out.
In a since-deleted Friday greeting post, Rep. Mary Miller said:
"It's profoundly troubling that a Muslim was allowed to pb supplication successful the House of Representatives this morning. This should ne'er person been allowed to happen. America was founded arsenic a Christian nation, and I judge our authorities should bespeak that truth, not drift further from it."
Miller aboriginal edited the station to bespeak that the antheral is Sikh, not Muslim.
Valley congressmen, including David Valadao and Jim Costa, spoke retired against the comment. Costa pointed retired that, "This isn't a theocracy. This is America," and that "Religious state means we grant each religion - not conscionable one."
Valadao, who started the American Sikh Congressional Caucus, took the accidental to support the Sikh community.
"Throughout the country—and successful the Central Valley— Sikh-Americans are valued and respected members of our communities, yet they proceed to look harassment and discrimination," Valadao said.
