(AP) Washington, D.C. Responding to constituent e-mails about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison's decision to use the Quran at his ceremonial swearing-in, Virginia congressman Rep. Virgil Goode, R(Republican)-Va warned that "many more Muslims" will be elected demanding to use the Quran unless immigration is tightened. Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., made the comments in a letter sent to hundreds of constituents about Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to Congress. The letter triggered angry responses from a New Jersey congressman and an Islamic civil rights group.
In the letter, Goode wrote, "The Muslim representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."
Goode said the U.S. needs to stop illegal immigration "totally" and reduce legal immigration.
Ellison's decision to use the Quran at his ceremonial swearing in next month has generated heated controversy. Conservative talk radio host Dennis Prager has criticized Ellison for it, prompting CAIR to call on Prager's removal from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board.
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This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of. Goode is totally paranoid about Muslims. To me, it makes more since to have a person swear in on the book that they believe in, as a matter of fact it should be required. But, on the other hand, it might have looked kind of bad when Bush & Cheyney swore in on the book of Satan.
By the way, Ellison was born in Detroit.
4 comments:
it takes guts to be sworn in with the quran. it's a little like having a bulls eye painted on your back.
Ain't it ironic, this country was started for freedom of religion.
Anyone from Minnesota is a good person eh!
you're right, this is warped.
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