Here is an great example of why I left the Republican movement and the modern conservative movement for a Libertarian movement.
Dennis Prager says a Muslim elected to Congress should not take the oath on the Koran. Not only that, but he says allowing it is unamerican.
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.
Is he fucking high? America was built on religious tolerance. And though I'm no friend of Islam, if a Muslim wants to swear his oath to this country on the Koran, he should be allowed. It is his holy book.
The purpose of using a Holy book to swear oaths is to be held accountable. Being that you believe in God, swearing to serve your country on that Holy book is important. God is the ultimate authority. If you are to be held accountable to anyone, God should be the one you are accountable to.
To say that it undermines American civilization is Conservative bigotry. It is ignorant and is a reason that Republicans have left the party in droves.
It is made up of closed minded assholes like Dennis Prager.
Of course America is not hostile to the Koran. That's why nobody who has ever read it quotes chapter 9, verse 5, or the fictional version of ch.9 v. 11. (The real version mentions people "who transgress all bounds" from v.10. Sorta like those who would misquote another holy book, or take others completely out of context - e.g. before ch9 v5 was revealed, there was no permissible violence in Islam. These verses were revealed to guide the Muslims of that time in their looming confrontations with their enemies OF THAT TIME, not for all time! LOOK IT UP!)
But I digress. If Keith Ellison is a 'jihadist', we could use a few more of them in office.
