Washington Post:Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran -- especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.
Yet the holy book at tomorrow's ceremony has an unassailably all-American provenance. We've learned that the new congressman -- in a savvy bit of political symbolism -- will hold the personal copy once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
Don't expect idiots like Dennis Prager or Virgil Goode to mention this in any of their ranting. They're motivated by bigotry and an ignorance of the US Constitution -- facts aren't going to get in their way.
It's ironic that these fools think swearing on a Q'uran is unamerican. Sorry guys, it's religious bigotry that's unamerican.
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