Awesome: The Rick Perry Mezuzah

by Stephan Tawney on August 31, 2011

Very awesome indeed:

Over the last few years we have been following with great interest the different stories of condominium boards making rules prohibiting Mezuzahs. First there was a story in Florida, then in Chicago and most recently in Texas.

Recently in June of this year (2011) Texas did something unique in passing a special law explicitly permitting the display of a Mezuzah up to 25 inches tall. This law overrides the authority of the Condo boards to ban Mezuzahs. This has come to be known as the Mezuzah Law.

After the bill was passed by the Texas legislature, the only question was whether Governor Rick Perry would sign it into law. When he did, we came up with the idea of commissioning a large, Texas style Mezuzah in his honor. We called up our friends at CJ Art in Israel and asked them to make us a very large Mezuzah from Jerusalem stone.

Another fun connection: Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist (then a Republican) hung a Mezuzah on the entrance to his capitol office. He received it from state Representative Adam Hasner (R), a Rubio-style conservative who is now running for United States Senate in Florida.



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