Mormon Americans
Les Kinsolving, a right-wing radio host who often asks the odd, out-of-place questions during White House news briefings, asked a doozy recently of WH press secretary Tony Snow.
Kinsolving wondered whether President Bush would support Congressman-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, in his quest to be sworn into office by putting his left hand on the Koran instead of the Bible. (That swearing in is purely ceremonial; the real one is done as a group in the House).
"Does the President support this request, because he believes the Koran teaches nothing contrary to the freedoms in our Constitution?" Kinsolving asked. "And if so, would he support the Book of Mormon being used to swear in LDS members of Congress if they ever ask for that?"
Snow didn't bite. "That is an issue that the President does not need to adjudicate, and therefore, will not."
Another radio host, Dennis Prager, started the brouhaha when he wrote a column about the use of the Koran for such a ceremony. In an interview with Fox News, Prager added, "If a Mormon-American decided to substitute the Book of Mormon for the Bible, I would have the same problem."
A Mormon-American? Is that like a Catholic-American or a Protestant-American? Hmmm.
-- Thomas Burr
Kinsolving wondered whether President Bush would support Congressman-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, in his quest to be sworn into office by putting his left hand on the Koran instead of the Bible. (That swearing in is purely ceremonial; the real one is done as a group in the House).
"Does the President support this request, because he believes the Koran teaches nothing contrary to the freedoms in our Constitution?" Kinsolving asked. "And if so, would he support the Book of Mormon being used to swear in LDS members of Congress if they ever ask for that?"
Snow didn't bite. "That is an issue that the President does not need to adjudicate, and therefore, will not."
Another radio host, Dennis Prager, started the brouhaha when he wrote a column about the use of the Koran for such a ceremony. In an interview with Fox News, Prager added, "If a Mormon-American decided to substitute the Book of Mormon for the Bible, I would have the same problem."
A Mormon-American? Is that like a Catholic-American or a Protestant-American? Hmmm.
-- Thomas Burr
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1 Comments:
I would think that a republican american is just as much a oxy moron and any of them.
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