The airport has offered two ablution stations on the post-security side of Terminal D since 2019, when it relocated and expanded its interfaith chapel near Gate D40. Common Locations: Places of Worship: Found in mosques and Islamic community centers. Public Hubs: Installed in multi-faith prayer rooms at international airports, universities, and large hospitals
By Ahmed Humble
The Chron
"Like all proposed projects, the airport ultimately considers the operational benefits, customer service impacts, operational risks and costs before approving them," the statement read. "While that evaluation was planned, the airport accelerated its review due to elevated public interest this week and has determined not to proceed with the project as it would not deliver the originally anticipated operational benefits."
Meanwhile, Gov. Greg Abbott escalated the issue by directing a review of state grants awarded to entities that operate Texas airports, including DFW and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, over what his office described as possible religious discrimination.
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Abbott also asked the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration to review religious facilities and accommodations at both airports, including a previously installed ablution facility and prayer room at IAH, despite both having been around for years.
"These ablution facilities appear designed to single out one subset of the population for special treatment based on religion. That is illegal," Abbott said in a statement. "Both airports are government-owned facilities. The federal and state constitutions prohibit government from facilitating this sort of discrimination. Just as the government cannot favor the secular over the sacred, it also cannot favor one religious view over all others."
(Really, Greg? How about the state-mandated posting of the Judeo-Christian 10 Commandments in government-owned schools? So is you're a Jewish, Native American, Muslim, atheist, or a Jehovah's Witness Texa and don't agree with this, tough luck because Abbott and his MAGA Legislature have apparently chosen to extend this special treatment that favors one religious view over all others.)
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Abbott talking about discrimination.
Check your voter suppression record, clown.
DFW International Airport confirmed that it has abandoned a proposal to install ablution facilities. An airport spokesperson provided the following statement to Chron:
"Like all proposed projects, the airport ultimately considers the operational benefits, customer service impacts, operational risks and costs before approving them. While that evaluation was planned, the airport accelerated its review due to elevated public interest this week and has determined not to proceed with the project, as it would not deliver the originally anticipated operational benefits."
Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, directed state officials to review grants awarded to entities operating Texas airports, including DFW and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. His office said the review concerns possible religious discrimination associated with facilities used for Islamic prayer and ritual washing.
gov.texas.gov
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Abbott also requested a federal review of religious facilities and accommodations at both airports. These include an existing ablution facility and prayer room at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
"These ablution facilities appear designed to single out one subset of the population for special treatment based on religion. That is illegal," Abbott said. "Both airports are government-owned facilities. The federal and state constitutions prohibit government from facilitating this sort of discrimination. Just as the government cannot favor the secular over the sacred, it also cannot favor one religious view over all others."
Abbott's position also invites scrutiny over its consistency with his support for requiring displays of the Ten Commandments in Texas public-school classrooms. Whether either policy violates the Constitution depends on its design, implementation, and treatment of different religious and nonreligious viewpoints; the comparison is therefore relevant but not legally conclusive on its own.
Absolute religion is all you need to make good people do evil things. As I hear many Christians say, NOT MY PROBLEM, NOTHING HAPPENED! TODA ESTA BIEN!
In time of peace they abuse them in time of war they kill them.
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Keep religion and your "moral values" out of our lives. Respect everyone's boundaries and you'll be fine.
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