Louie Gohmert: “It has been quite a week. There have been tragedies, and there have been wonderful events. In having been to Nigeria…”

“It has been quite a week. There have been tragedies, and there have been wonderful events. In having been to Nigeria this past year and in having met with family members of girls who were kidnapped because they went to Christian schools, there were three girls I met who had escaped after they had been kidnapped. The kidnapped girls, it was known, were being sexually abused and may have now been sold into sex trafficking, given as wives, and have been ordered to convert from Christianity to Islam or be killed. I know there are some in this town who think they are being asked to convert to an Islam that doesn't exist as a religion, but to those girls who are being told they must convert to the religion of Islam or be killed, it does seem to be a religion. In having grieved with others around the world who have been harmed or who have had family killed or harmed by radical Islam, it is tragic this week. I will read a story from Breitbart: According to the United Nations, ISIS--the Islamic State-- is killing educated women following shari'a court sentences. That is a problem. There is nothing wrong with religious people participating in government. Most of our Founders were very strong Christians. Around a third or so of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were actually ordained Christian servants. So that is a good thing, but when a religion also becomes the state, then this is the kind of thing you get, and it is tragic.…”