Illogical Lack of Reason

I have been reading, with much disbelief, the chatter about Congressman Keith Ellison.

Here we are, the United States of America, with the greatest Constitution in the history of the world. The U.S. Constitution guarantees Religious Liberty, yet some in congress wanted to force Ellison to swear in using the Christian bible, instead of the bible from his own Islamic faith, the Qur'an.

If "We The People" don't follow the ideals expressed in the Constitution, than we are hypocrites.

So, "We The People" have a document outlining how we want our nation to be governed, a moral and ethical pledge, but don't want to extend those civil liberties and human rights to the people who govern us.

What's surprising is one of the most vocal critics, Dennis Prager, is Jewish. I have to add that he is one of those neo-con (neo-idiot?) nationalists. He is on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Though Prager is an activist and advocate for conservative causes and a partisan of the conservative Republican party, he sometimes labels himself as "passionate centrist" or a "JFK liberal", depending on his audience.

"I was appointed to the (board) because of a lifetime devoted to combating anti-Semitism and every other form of discrimination," said Prager.

"My entire effort in the Keith Ellison matter has been to draw attention to the need to acknowledge the Bible as the basis of America's moral values," he added. "Judeo-Christian values are the greatest single protection against another Holocaust."

Combating Discrimination? It looks like he's promoting discrimination to me. What a incredibly huge hypocrite. This kind of bigotry is the same Hitler used to begin the Holocaust. Prager is spreading the same kind of intolerance and blame that Hitler used to rid Germany of people of his Prager's faith, as well as political opposition, dissidents, gays, cripples, gypsies, those with mental problems, and so on. He blames Muslims and Ellison for bringing terrorism to the our government, calling him a "Congressman for Terrorism".

The problem isn't any one religion, but the conservative intolerant view of a religion.

We need a government free from the influences and abuses of religion. Our Constitution was created for this reason, to keep religious influence out of government. Not to keep religion out of government, but the freedom to accept or deny beliefs without being the target of discriminated. If the Christian bible is the moral basis of American values, then we would be in a dire state of depravity.

In this instance, constitutional wisdom prevailed. Ellison was sworn in with other House members on the House floor and at a ceremonial, photo-opportunity swearing-in with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Ironically, he chose to use a Qur'an once owned by Thomas Jefferson instead of the traditional Christian bible.

Maybe it is time to change. We need to start swearing in new Senators, Congressmen, Presidents, etc., using the U.S. Constitution. It is a document that is much less repulsive than religious bibles.

When Leader Dearest was sworn in, did he swear to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution? Yet another of his thousands of failures.

The simple minded
And the uninformed
Can be easily led astray
And those that cannot connect the dots
Hey look the other way
People believe what they want to believe
When it makes no sense at all

- John Mellencamp, "Walk Tall"