IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 419
Condemning religiously intolerant remarks and calling on the President to 
clearly censure and reassign Lieutenant General Boykin for his religiously 
intolerant remarks. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2003
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. JACKSON-LEE 
of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. WEINER, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Mr. WEXLER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. WATERS, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. HONDA, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. WATSON, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. 
MEEHAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning religiously intolerant remarks and calling on 
the President to clearly censure and reassign Lieutenant 
General Boykin for his religiously intolerant remarks.
Whereas Lieutenant General William Boykin, United States 
Army, who is currently serving as Deputy Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Intelligence and War-Fighting Sup-
port, has recently made a number of intolerant remarks 
against people of the Islamic faith while wearing his mili-
tary uniform during numerous public addresses;
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Whereas those remarks by Lieutenant General Boykin in-
clude the following: Islamic extremists hate the United 
States because ‘‘we’re a Christian nation’’; ‘‘Our spiritual 
enemy will only be defeated if we come against them in 
the name of Jesus’’; President Bush ‘‘is in the White 
House because God put him there’’; ‘‘I knew that my 
God was a real God, and [the Muslim God] was an idol’’; 
‘‘The enemy that has come against our nation is a spir-
itual enemy’’ named Satan; 
Whereas Islam is a monotheistic faith, a faith whose followers 
are an integral part of the social fabric of America and 
many other countries; 
Whereas the position currently held by Lieutenant General 
Boykin requires him to interact routinely with Muslims 
from all over the world; 
Whereas Lieutenant General Boykin has failed to retract his 
remarks or to issue a full apology for those controversial 
and divisive statements; 
Whereas the remarks made by Lieutenant General Boykin 
have impaired the image of the United States worldwide 
and threaten to endanger United States forces in Iraq 
and Afghanistan; and 
Whereas such remarks by a high-ranking military official un-
dermine the war on terrorism by insulting Muslim allies 
of the United States and Muslim citizens of the United 
States, including those Muslim citizens in the United 
States Armed Forces: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) condemns bigotry and intolerance against 
any religious group, including people of the Islamic 
faith; and 
(2) calls on the President—
(A) to clearly censure Lieutenant General 
William Boykin, United States Army, for his 
religiously intolerant remarks against people of 
the Islamic faith; and 
(B) to reassign Lieutenant General Boykin 
to a new position in which his views will not im-
pact United States Government policy decisions 
toward Muslims.
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