Condemning violence against U.S. Muslims would benefit all

On Dec. 17, 2015, Rep. Donald Beyer (D-Virginia, 8th District) introduced House Resolution 569, titled “Condemning violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States.” As of Jan. 12, 107 other Democrats had signed on to sponsor the resolution, but unfortunately, no Republicans.

The title speaks for itself, and the full text can be found online. The website GovTrack.us gives the resolution an 8 percent chance of passing the House, 9 percent to make it out of the committee.

There is plenty of evidence that violence and hate speech against Muslims in the U.S. has been on...