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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[jcbdragon.livejournal.com]

Oh, he most assuredly knows about it, for I have shown it to him.

In the truly fascinating (in the manner of a train wreck) dictionary of his world, requiring someone to swear an oath on a particular religion's holy book does not constitute a "religious test."

In his world, this phrase means that you cannot make practicing a particular religion a qualification for running for office. However, if elected, you should still have to swear your oath upon a predetermined religion's holy book.

In his exact words, transcribed from chat session:
"it meant that you can't keep someone from running based on their religion, but they still have to take the oath/affirmation to assume office ... and the oath is to the office (and by extension) the country ... the rule is if you can't take the oath, then you can't take the office - not that you have to go against your beliefs - it is VOLUNTARY to run, not required"

I have no doubt that all of you can see the errors here -- they are fairly typical of him, I'm afraid.

[rhi]

::winces:: Yeah. No logic, no vocabulary. ::sigh:: {{hugs}}