The moral bankruptcy of Islam has been identified, discussed, verified and accepted in many circles of right-thinking in America.
Yet I am fairly certain we will never see any major organized public relations campaign to "out" Islam, (from conservatives or otherwise) mainly because most people get squeemish at the idea of pummelling any "religion" -- regardless of how looney and hateful that religion happens to be.
I have no problem telling anyone I come across that Islam is a mental disease, but that is me.
But heck, we can't even get anyone of political note to admit that having a new US Congressman swear in on the Koran is a major step toward balkanized destruction of the United States.
How in the world will anyone tolerate a major publicity campaign stating the evils of one of the world's major religions?
America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on
TownHall ^ | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 | Dennis Prager
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1746587/posts
To: Rummyfan
This Prager article has been posted a number of times. It was factually inaccurate the first three times it was posted, and is still factually inaccurate.
There is absolutely no Constitutional requirement for House members or even the President to swear on the Bible when taking his oath of office - while Presidents have traditionally done so, it's not clear that any oath needs to be with one hand on the Bible to qualify as an oath (it likely doesn't), and under the Constitution, office holders can take an affirmation of office of office instead of an oath anyway. In fact, President Teddy Roosevelt didn't swear on the Bible when he became President after McKinley's death in 1901. One simply might not have been available at the time. He still became President. And Franklin Pierce (and according to some historians, Herbert Hoover) affirmed his oath of office instead of swearing it. President Pierce's faith was shaken after he and his wife were involved in a fatal train accident - they saw their own son die before their eyes. Some sources claim Pierce made his affirmation with his hand on a law book, not the Bible.
House members are traditionally sworn in en masse by the Speaker on the first day of Congress immediately after the Speaker of the House is elected and sworn in. The 2005 swearing in ceremony is available on C-SPAN's website here. The Speaker is sworn in around 2:13:30 by the Dean of the House; the rest of Congress is sworn in shortly thereafter.
All Speaker Hastert asked members to do was raise their right hands while being sworn in. As a practical matter, the House floor normally seats 448 (they somehow squeeze in more seats for the State of the Union address), and there are up to 439 other members of the House (including non-voting members from the territories and the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) that need to be sworn in at that time. There isn't that much room on the floor for aides or family members to hold the Bible for Congressmen to swear on. So, as you can see from the video, most Congressmen appear to raise their right hand and put their left hand on nothing, at least during this ceremonial swearing in.
Now, there may be a chance for members to have a ceremonial one-on-one swearing in for photo-op purposes (or if the Member is not present at the opening of Congress or is later elected). For example, Congressman Rothman (D-NJ) has a picture of him being "sworn in" with his hand on what appears to be the Bible on his House website. This is when Ellison might swear on the Koran - for a photo-op.
8 posted on 11/30/2006 3:34:34 PM CST by conservative in nyc
This is the very crux of the matter. worshippers of mohammed feel free to say and do whatever they want, counting on the hobbled silence of the West.
This is a direct result of American slavery. Americans rightfully feel gravely ashamed by that aspect of our history.
mohammed-worshippers, who endorse slavery, take advantage of our shame and past sinfulness.
mohammed-worshippers are no more than Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons with regard to America. They understand that the race-hustle of those corrupt men is the key to keeping us silent. And they are succeeding. The race-hustle is a perfect fit with islam, an amoral con.