Fifth Generation

This year Minnesota elected the first Muslim, Keith Ellison, to Congress. Now he has to be sworn in as Congressman which brings up a problem- you have to be sworn in on a (gasp!!) BIBLE!! Holy Rollers!! Of course Rep. Elect Ellison wants to be sworn in on a Koran not a Bible. He is causing a big stink over it. For one thing, Muslims claim to believe in the Holy Bible, they just don’t believe it is perfect like the Koran. So, swearing on the Bible shouldn’t make him less of a Muslim. Do Muslims even swear on the Koran anyways?? (Please someone let me know) Isn’t swearing on a Holy Book purely a Western and infidel thing to do? What do Muslims swear on anyway? Only to Allah?

If he wants to swear on the Bible AND the Koran that might actually be a better idea and send a message of peace to both Christians and Muslims. But. . . that is in dream land.

In our crazy reality, Rep-Elect Ellison will make swearing on the Koran a big deal. He might even file a court case like has been done in the past. So Ellison will actually cause more of a divide. The Christians will get angry that he wants to change American tradition and the Muslims will get mad at Christians. Soon we will have Atheists and Buddhists and everyone else wanting to swear on their holy book to the point where we just won’t swear anymore. Politicians break their promises anyway!!

Thank You Minnesota!!!!