But, It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran"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
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"...a threat to American values" Oh, for the love of cows! Seriously. Has the douchemonkey even read the constitution of the commonwealth he claims to represent?
"...no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities." - Thomas Jefferson, VA Statute for Religious Freedom, 1779 (and they liked it so much, they stuck it in the VA Constitution)
See also: "...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." (supraThose who cannot remember their history are condemned to asshat status in the eyes of those who ( ... )
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