Good for him!

[draconis]

According to this AP news story, Keith Ellison will take his oath of office using a copy of the Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.

A lot of people are in an uproar over this, but personally, I am all in favor of it. If the gentleman is going to be asked to swear upon a holy book, shouldn't it be a book that is holy to him?

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[saxononyx.livejournal.com]

As co-worker of both the above, I can tell you with certainty the yahoo in question would interpret the constitution as meaning no religious test as long as the person is Christian. He would happily kick all non Christians out of the country. After all By his belief all other religions are just cults and not real religions and so do not count.

[jcbdragon.livejournal.com]

Jewish, actually, but he tolerates the Christians. Any others, of course, are a completely different matter.

He makes quite a big deal out how persecuted all Jews always are (including him, by association).

Another example of his unique dictionary:
"the Jews are uniformly condemned if they do anything, unlike the Muslims, which kill and maim without any rebuffing"

However, the recent incidents where the Israelis had to remove settlers from a particular area? That territory was rightfully taken in battle, in response to an unprovoked attack. But the attackers were not rebuffed.

And having the might of the most powerful military in the world turned on you apparently doesn't count as a rebuff, either.

Oh... and the UN exists solely at the whim of our gov't, too. They know it, and whether or not they like it, they are powerless to stop it.

You know, I really should get him one of those jongleur's caps. He makes such a wonderful Court Jester for our office -- if you can overlook the fact that he actually believes that sewage he spouts. But the way he dances around such obstacles as logic, facts, and consistency makes for a highly amusing show.

Although I often wish that he would add another string to his lute -- knowing in advance that he will resort to ad hominem attacks on anyone disputing his opinions does grow rather tiresome after a while. He really should expand his repertoire. ::G::