Massachusetts state government gives priority to Muslims for state jobs and contracts.
Posted by The Gerry Callahan Show, Checked
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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 4, 2026
As of 2026-08-04, Massachusetts had not enacted any law giving Muslims priority for state jobs or contracts. The only related measure, S.2134, was a pending bill that would create an 11-member commission to identify and recommend Muslims for appointive positions, and it was still in committee; sources also say it was unlikely to pass, and none mention state contracts.
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What was said
… Why? I mean, what, how did they earn special status? How? I'll tell you how: political pressure. I mean, they're, they're not even 2% of the country, and yet they have this outsized influence on our politics, where you have a state, a deep blue state, a completely gone, destroyed state in Massachusetts, where, when there's a state job or a state contract that has to go out, Muslims, that's a religion, last I checked, one religion gets priority over all the others. How is that not a huge story? How is that not an outrage? I don't get it. But today, it's gonna be a great day in Ham, Hamtramck and Dearborn and other Muslim conquered lands in Michigan, because their guy is gonna win, and it's not even gonna be close. …
The Gerry Callahan Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Multiple sources on the same bill say S.2134 was still pending in the Senate Ways and Means Committee, which means no priority policy was in effect.[1][2][3]
Contradicts. The bill would create a commission that may identify and recommend Muslims for appointive positions; it does not give Muslims priority over others for state jobs, and it contains no provision on state contracts.[1][2][4][5][6]
Context. The ACLU of Massachusetts said the bills did not seem likely to move forward before the formal session ended, and the FFRF and Mass. Family Institute-style critics argue the bill is unconstitutional rather than describing an enacted policy.[4][5][6]
Context. The available sources are mostly advocacy or opinion outlets with credibility 0.40, and no tier1 source directly addresses a Massachusetts priority policy for jobs or contracts.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 6 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Lucas: Special status jobs a bad ideabostonherald.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Massachusetts is building a federal hiring pipeline just for Muslimswashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Massachusetts Senate Advances Bill to Create Permanent ...ground.news · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Government neutrality in matters of religion is what enables all faiths to flourish - ACLU of Massachusettsaclum.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5Mass. newspaper runs FFRF op-ed on bill that elevates ...ffrf.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 6Massachusetts Lawmakers Push Special Privileges for Muslimsmeforum.org · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news and Media Bias/Fact Check · cited for: contradicts, context
- 7The Massachusetts Muslim Protection Rackethotair.com · not rated · cited for: context
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