Rep. John Conyers falls far short of signatures needed for August ballot, clerk says

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21. Does Rep Conyers support homophobia and antisemetism?

Sorry to derail, but do we REALLY need to be upset that an 84 year old supporter of the Nation Of Islam, may have to retire?

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Farrakhan: African Americans deserve their own courts

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/23/farrakhan-african-americans-deserve-their-own-courts/5765897/

DETROIT -- In a fiery speech Sunday delivered to 18,000 at Joe Louis Arena, Minister Louis Farrakhan blasted the judicial systems in the U.S. as being biased against African Americans, calling upon the community to set up their own courts.

"We want equal justice under the law," Farrakhan said on the last day of the Nation of Islam's annual convention, held in Detroit this year. "Our people can't take much more. We have to have our own courts."

With Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones sitting behind him, Farrakhan spoke for nearly three hours, reiterating the Nation of Islam's view that the U.S. is a land headed for destruction because it has disobeyed the word of God.

Farrakhan suggested that African Americans rely on the Quran and Bible to help set up their own legal system that would be more fair to African Americans.

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So does Rep Conyers agree with Minister Farrakhan about setting up a separate race and religion based court system, or is he just using him as a political prop?