Regardless if you like the origin of the below message, the man who wrote
the article is a conservitive national talk show host.  This is not an
internet urban legend and I have heard it on national news networks being
reported.  It sure makes you stop and think.

Phil.


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "AFA ActionAlert" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:59 PM
> Subject: A first for America...The Koran replaces the Bible at swearing-in
> oath
>
>
> > AFA ActionAlert
> >
> > November 29, 2006
> >
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> > friends.
> >
> > What book will America base it's values on, the Bible or the Koran?
> >
> > Please take a moment to read the following TownHall.com column by
> > Dennis Prager, who is a Jew. After reading the column, take the
> > suggest action at the bottom of this email. After you have read it,
> > please forward it to your friends and family.
> >
> > America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes
> > his oath on
> > By Dennis Prager - Tuesday, November 28, 2006
> >
> > Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States
> > Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on
> > the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.
> >
> > He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American
> > hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American
> > civilization.
> >
> > First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies
> > multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What
> > Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is
> > of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that
> > matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.
> >
> > Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith Ellison's
> > favorite book is. 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. If you are incapable of taking
> > an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress. In your personal life,
> > we will fight for your right to prefer any other book. We will even
> > fight for your right to publish cartoons mocking our Bible. But, Mr.
> > Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants
> > take their oath.
> >
> > Devotees of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see
> > how damaging to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow
> > Ellison to choose his own book need only imagine a racist elected to
> > Congress. Would they allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the
> > Nazis' bible, for his oath? And if not, why not? On what grounds will
> > those defending Ellison's right to choose his favorite book deny that
> > same right to a racist who is elected to public office?
> >
> > Of course, Ellison's defenders argue that Ellison is merely being
> > honest; since he believes in the Koran and not in the Bible, he should
> > be allowed, even encouraged, to put his hand on the book he believes
> > in. 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.
> >
> > So why are we allowing Keith Ellison to do what no other member of
> > Congress has ever done -- choose his own most revered book for his
> > oath?
> >
> > The answer is obvious -- Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides
> > these matters, not to mention virtually every editorial page in
> > America, is not going to offend a Muslim. In fact, many of these
> > people argue it will be a good thing because Muslims around the world
> > will see what an open society America is and how much Americans honor
> > Muslims and the Koran.
> >
> > This argument appeals to all those who believe that one of the
> > greatest goals of America is to be loved by the world, and especially
> > by Muslims because then fewer Muslims will hate us (and therefore
> > fewer will bomb us).
> >
> > But these naive people do not appreciate that America will not change
> > the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by allowing Ellison to
> > substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the opposite is more
> > likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic extremists and make
> > new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the
> > realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization of America.
> >
> > When all elected officials take their oaths of office with their hands
> > on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying value system
> > underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed to change
> > that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the
> > value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of 9-11.
> > It is hard to believe that this is the legacy most Muslim Americans
> > want to bequeath to America. But if it is, it is not only Europe that
> > is in trouble. (End Commentary)
> >
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