It makes me wonder what are those guys in Washington using for brains?
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:59 PM
Subject: Fw: A first for America...The Koran replaces the Bible at 
swearing-in oath


> 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
>> >
>> > Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people
>> > as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and
>> > 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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