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ericcolemanLet's talk about Dennis Prager. He is in a tizzy about incoming congressman Keith Ellison because Ellison, a Muslim, wants to take his oath of office on the Koran. Well, duh, it is his holy book. Prager says, and I quote
"Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible."
Of course there is one little glitch, that being the US Constitution.
Article VI, Section 3 has this to say.
"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
And second
Last year Bill O'Reilly went of on his yearly rant about the phrase "Happy Holiday" being a threat to Christmas. The best part of that was for a week or more into his nightly rants, you could go to the Fox News website and buy Bill O'Reilly holiday ornaments.
This year, he's off on IPods. He says
"I don't own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod... If this is your primary focus in life - the machines... it's going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America... did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on a conversation with them?"
You can even download the podcast where he says all that if you want.
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A special thanks to democraticunderground.com for pointing out the links
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Date: 2006-12-04 05:01 pm (UTC)And this would be why most of the Middle East believes we're on a crusade to abolish the Muslim religion. Hey Asshats in Congress... all Muslims are not terrorists. The sooner you figure that out... the better life will be for everyone on the planet. You know maybe if they think we're not out to destroy their beliefs, maybe they'll back off their attempts to destroy ours. Just a suggestion.
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Date: 2006-12-04 05:04 pm (UTC)"But for all of American history, Jews elected to public office have taken their oath on the Bible, even though they do not believe in the New Testament, and the many secular elected officials have not believed in the Old Testament either. Yet those secular officials did not demand to take their oaths of office on, say, the collected works of Voltaire or on a volume of New York Times editorials, writings far more significant to some liberal members of Congress than the Bible. Nor has one Mormon official demanded to put his hand on the Book of Mormon. And it is hard to imagine a scientologist being allowed to take his oath of office on a copy of "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard."
All of which, of course, is total BS.
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Date: 2006-12-04 05:44 pm (UTC)I hadn't thought of that ...
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Date: 2006-12-04 06:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-04 08:49 pm (UTC)Then i get the oath, and to eat the evidence. Win-Win.