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Dec. 2nd, 2006
...I advise them to watch this to understand why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7wJeB6lhUY
Yeah. This nutcase is an extreme example. But if I had a dollar for every time I've encountered people who have the same sort of attitudes, only "milder", I could retire.
And let's not forget all the conseratives who are up in arms about the fact that a Muslim congresman will be swearing his oath on a Koran, not a Bible.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2006/11/28/america,_not_keith_ellison,_decides_what_book_a_congressman_takes_his_oath_on
Not only is the author of this article ignoring the first amendment, he seems to not have the slightest clue as to what the whole *purpose* of swearing on a holy book is.
If the book isn't one you follow, then the oath is meaningless. It'd be like him swearing an oath on a Koran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7wJeB6lhUY
Yeah. This nutcase is an extreme example. But if I had a dollar for every time I've encountered people who have the same sort of attitudes, only "milder", I could retire.
And let's not forget all the conseratives who are up in arms about the fact that a Muslim congresman will be swearing his oath on a Koran, not a Bible.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2006/11/28/america,_not_keith_ellison,_decides_what_book_a_congressman_takes_his_oath_on
Not only is the author of this article ignoring the first amendment, he seems to not have the slightest clue as to what the whole *purpose* of swearing on a holy book is.
If the book isn't one you follow, then the oath is meaningless. It'd be like him swearing an oath on a Koran.