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Thread #97536 Message #1920632
Posted By: Songster Bob
28-Dec-06 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Congressman Goode on Islam-am I responsible?
Subject: RE: BS: Congressman Goode on Islam-am I responsibl
The strange thing is that Goode (rhymes with "food") is railing against the use of a Quran in a swearing-in ceremony THAT DOES NOT USE ANY BOOK in the first place. Using a Bible or Quran or Book of Mormon is done in private "photo-op" ceremonies, not the official one, where the Congressmen merely raise their right hands and swear to uphold the Constitution (with its prohibition of a "religious test" for office-holders and all). It's another of those manufactured "vicitimization" incidents the Rethuglicans are so adept at.