What
book will America base it's values on, the Bible or the
Koran?
Dear Denise,
Please take a moment to
read the following TownHall.com column by Dennis Prager, who is a Jew. After
reading the column, take the suggest action at the bottom of this email.
After you have read it, please forward it to your friends and family.
America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a
congressman takes his oath on
By Dennis Prager - Tuesday,
November 28, 2006
Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim
elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take
his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.
He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American
hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American
civilization.
First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly
exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's
culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is
that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all
that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.
Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith
Ellison's favorite book is. Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath
to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested
in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on
that book, don't serve in Congress. In your personal life, we will fight
for your right to prefer any other book. We will even fight for your right
to publish cartoons mocking our Bible. But, Mr. Ellison, America, not you,
decides on what book its public servants take their oath.
Devotees
of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see how damaging
to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow Ellison to choose
his own book need only imagine a racist elected to Congress. Would they
allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the Nazis' bible, for his oath?
And if not, why not? On what grounds will those defending Ellison's right
to choose his favorite book deny that same right to a racist who is
elected to public office?
Of course, Ellison's defenders argue
that Ellison is merely being honest; since he believes in the Koran and
not in the Bible, he should be allowed, even encouraged, to put his hand
on the book he believes in. But for all of American history, Jews elected
to public office have taken their oath on the Bible, even though they do
not believe in the New Testament, and the many secular elected officials
have not believed in the Old Testament either. Yet those secular officials
did not demand to take their oaths of office on, say, the collected works
of Voltaire or on a volume of New York Times editorials, writings far more
significant to some liberal members of Congress than the Bible. Nor has
one Mormon official demanded to put his hand on the Book of Mormon. And it
is hard to imagine a scientologist being allowed to take his oath of
office on a copy of "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard.
So why are we
allowing Keith Ellison to do what no other member of Congress has ever
done -- choose his own most revered book for his oath?
The answer
is obvious -- Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides these matters, not
to mention virtually every editorial page in America, is not going to
offend a Muslim. In fact, many of these people argue it will be a good
thing because Muslims around the world will see what an open society
America is and how much Americans honor Muslims and the Koran.
This argument appeals to all those who believe that one of the
greatest goals of America is to be loved by the world, and especially by
Muslims because then fewer Muslims will hate us (and therefore fewer will
bomb us).
But these naive people do not appreciate that America
will not change the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by
allowing Ellison to substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the
opposite is more likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic
extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the
first sign of the realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization
of America.
When all elected officials take their oaths of office
with their hands on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying
value system underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed
to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and
to the value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of
9-11. It is hard to believe that this is the legacy most Muslim Americans
want to bequeath to America. But if it is, it is not only Europe that is
in trouble. (End Commentary)
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