Mr. Ellison, the oath, the Quran, and the problem (?)
I have said in other places that I have no objection to Mr. Ellison taking his oath of office with the Quran.
I don't really care if he uses the collected work of L Ron Hubbard (preferably his truly great Scifi), or some newly 'uncovered' gospel by Dan Brown, or the works of Theodore Herzl, or even Marat Sade.
The constitution specificies an oath of office only for the president.
Article 2 section 6 says there should be an oath but doesn't specify it
The federal code of 1884 does:
I, Loyal Citizen of the Republic, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Here is the problem:
The Quran is supposedly a perfect book, which always was and always will be, expressing unchangeable truth and the command of god.
Mr. Ellison Today:
Speaking in Dearborn late Sunday night, the first Muslim elected to Congress told a cheering crowd of Muslims they should remain steadfast in their faith and push for justice (JUSTICE??? hmmmmmmmm, in the quran this has a specific meaning)."You can't back down. You can't chicken out. You can't be afraid. You got to have faith in Allah, and you've got to stand up and be a real Muslim," Detroit native Keith Ellison said to loud applause.
Many in the crowd replied "Allahu akbar" -- God is great.
"Muslims, you're up to bat right now," he said. "How do you know that you were not brought right here to this place to learn how to make this world better?"
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