Statue of Liberty as a Muslim? Painting in Rep. Lou Correa’s office sparks complaints

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Orange County Register

Statue of Liberty as a Muslim? Painting in Rep. Lou Correa’s office sparks complaints

By MARTIN WISCKOL | mwisckol@scng.com | Orange County Register

PUBLISHED: August 3, 2017 at 2:16 pm | UPDATED: August 4, 2017 at 7:52 am

A student painting that depicts the Statue of Liberty wearing a Muslim hijab, displayed in congressman Lou Correa’s Santa Ana office, is being attacked as an unpatriotic violation of the separation of church and state by members of We the People Rising, a Claremont-based activist group that advocates stricter enforcement of immigration laws.

The group, including several Orange County participants, has asked without success that Correa remove the painting hanging with other finalists from the Democratic congressman’s student art competition.

Because of the complaint, Correa said he asked the House Office of Legislative Counsel for advice and was told there was no legal issue. That has not appeased the activists, who are tentatively planning a Sept. 11 protest at Correa’s district office.   

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