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CJ Cregg
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 Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:51 pm Congressman Criticized for Muslim Letter |
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| Quote: | A Republican congressman has told constituents that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims" will be elected and follow the lead of a recently elected lawmaker who plans to use the Quran at his ceremonial swearing-in.
Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., made the comments in a letter sent earlier this month to hundreds of constituents who had written to him about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Goode's letter triggered angry responses from a New Jersey congressman and an Islamic civil rights group.
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Virgil Goode is an crazy fool!
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TrekkieMage
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| Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:47 am |
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So just because you're Muslim you are unfit to be elected by the American people and not trustworthy? To me that sounds paraniod and, well, elitist. Goode needs to realize that another American tradition is the freedom of religion, of ideas, and a policy of tolorance toward other ideas. Theoretically at least.
This makes me sickened to be from Virginia, thankfully I'm not from the 5th district.
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
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| Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:58 am |
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Yeah, I'm ashamed to acknowledge the fact that he's a Republican. Sickening. The "good" representative needs to take a look at the Constitution. I'll help him.
The United States Constitution, Amendment I. Included within are the rights to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religious Expression. I guess it's no longer a requirement for a congressman to read the Constitution before taking office?
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