Conservative Jewish Radio Host Causes Uproar Over Oath And The Bible

Dennis Prager, a conservative Jewish radio show host caused an uproar on Tuesday when he posted a column on a conservative website.

In the column, Prager attacked the newly elected Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison for choosing to swear his oath of office on January 4, 2007 on the Quran. Prager said, "He should not be allowed to do so, not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American culture." He said Ellison, a convert from Catholicism, should swear on a Christian Bible -- which "America holds as its holiest book. … If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress."

First of all, who the hell does Dennis Prager think he is? Would he be bitching if Joe Lieberman said that he wanted to swear his oath on the Torah? Somehow, I don't think Dennis Prager would have a problem with that. He can swear up and down that this has absolutely nothing to do with America's hostility to the Quran or to Muslims, but that's exactly what this is about. This is about a man who's a bigot. He clearly has a problem with a man who is Muslim, and has a problem respecting that man's religion. How dare Dennis Prager attempt to dictate what religious object someone can swear an oath on, or what religion someone can follow. Nobody's telling him that as an American, he can't be Jewish. Nobody's telling him that he can't put his hand on a Torah. Yet, he thinks that he has some kind of right to dictate to another person what is acceptable as far as religions and oaths go. I wonder if Dennis Prager is proud to be a bigot.

Second of all, this is America. Keith Ellison is an American. He is free to follow any religion of his choosing. He is free to swear his oath of office on any object he damn well chooses. If Americans don't like it, tough shit!! While I'm on the subject of America, what the fuck is this shit about it undermining America's culture? Really Mr. Prager? And I do use the word Mr. very loosely because you're not a man if you think you can dictate to others what's acceptable. You're an bigoted asshole. What exactly is it undermining? God forbid that American citizens follow various religious faiths. God forbid that we're not all goose-stepping, and brainwashed into believing that Christianity is the only religion, the one "true" religion. God forbid that Muslims be allowed to express their religious beliefs just like everybody else. Keith Ellison is not a Christian. He is a Muslim. Dennis Prager is not a Christian. He's Jewish. Keith Ellison deserves to be respected just as much as Dennis Prager does when it comes to religion.

To all the other racists and bigots out there, go crawl back into the hole in the ground from which you came. Keith Ellison was elected by the people of the state of Minnesota. If you don't like it, too fucking bad!! You didn't vote for him. The people of the state of Minnesota did. They didn't have a problem with the fact that he was Muslim. In fact, many people didn't even know he was Muslim. When they were told that he was, they said that if they had known it wouldn't have changed their vote. They would have still voted for him. Keith Ellison has every right to put his hand on the Quran. Keith Ellison is going to swear his oath on the Quran on January 4, 2007. If you're all truly Christians like you claim to be, I suggest that on January 4, 2007 you bring your racist, bigoted asses to church and start praying because if you believe in God than you're going to need all the prayers you can get to save your sorry asses from an eternity in hell!!