The Goode book, according to Virginia congressman!
What’s this country coming to when a U.S.
congressman decides he won’t swear on a Bible?
A Virginia newspaper asks, “Can a congressman swear to uphold the Constitution when he believes those of a different faith are lesser citizens?”
What’s this country coming to when a U.S. congressman decides he won’t swear on a Bible?
That’s what hundreds of Rep. Virgil Goode’s constituents in the Fifth District wanted to know when they learned a newly elected representative from Minnesota, a Muslim at that, intends to forsake the Judeo-Christian Bible and instead use a Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony.
Goode wrote in a letter to those concerned constituents: “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 Quran. ... I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States.”
Aaah, values and beliefs. Would those include hypocrisy? Goode’s constituents should now ask: How can one swear to uphold the Constitution while denying its protection to all Americans?
Goode’s flip-flopped before. Maybe he’ll decide the Constitution is worth keeping — after all?
Posted: Thu - December 21, 2006 at 03:18 PM