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Saturday, December 02, 2006
A Letter To Harry Reid (or…Dennis Prager, Idiot of the Day)
Dear Senator Reid: After reading Dennis Prager’s idiotic column about Keith Ellison’s choice to use the Koran for his congressional swearing in, I wanted to write to you in hopes of being one more voice in support of Mr. Ellison. I’m not sure why the right-wing religious nuts are so up in arms about the use of the Koran in a swearing in ceremony. (or, rather the posing in a picture with it, since it’s not used for the swearing in ceremony) It’s not as though using the Bible for the same purpose has made the many criminally charged senators and congressmen (I don’t recall any women being indicted, but I could be wrong) act in honorable and law-abiding ways.
The Koran is Mr. Ellison’s version of the Bible, just as Allah is a Muslim’s version of God. Frankly, I don’t believe in either and I wish that all representatives would leave religious texts out of the whole picture. Neither the Koran nor the Bible have managed to make this world a better or more honest place. Honest law-abiding people will be good no matter what book is in their hands; the Bible, the Koran, or “Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners.”
Please make sure that religion doesn’t overtake common sense. I understand that you’re a religious man, but I appreciate that you are also able to think for yourself, not bowing to pressure from the church regarding your votes and opinions. Thank you.
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“Honest law-abiding people will be good no matter what book is in their hands; the Bible, the Koran, or “Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners.””
Very well said! Seriously! You should send that to the paper who published the column.
Nancy on 12/03 at 12:02 PM
