A Republican congressman has told constituents that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims" will be elected and follow the lead of a recently elected lawmaker who plans to use the Quran at his ceremonial swearing-in.
Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., made the comments in a letter sent earlier this month to hundreds of constituents who had written to him about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Goode's 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."
This is just about the ugliest example of religious intolerance by a congressman in this country that I have ever seen.
I mean this guy is asking to use the Koran is a PRIVATE ceremony. The room will probably only be filled with people that are invited by Ellison and therefore none should be offended. It is just like when he practices his faith, it is a private matter and not anybody's damn business!
The only thing that any of us should care about is whether or not Rep. Ellison is going to stay true to our Constitution, because that would be very much unlike our current President!
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