Sunday, December 03, 2006

So Help Me Allah

"Now that the first Muslim has been elected to Congress ... Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison intends to take his oath of office on the Quran, rather than the Bible, and his decision is bound to spark a difficult debate with no easy answers."

This is an interesting clash of America's Christian tradition versus cultural/religious inclusiveness. Read the rest of this article from Travis McSherley at BreakPoint.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

i dont see this as being an issue...our constitution allows the freedom of religion, even on a basic level...why not in this case...

Allie said...

i agree. plus, I ain't no Allah back girl.

samb, you're saying that cuz that dude is probably your uncle or something

vandorsten said...

hahahaha... allie. you crack me up. that dude is definitely samb's uncle.