Religious right leader, Republican politician Roy Moore, says American Muslims aren't fit for Congre

Religious right leader, Republican politician Roy Moore, says American Muslims are not fit for US Congress
by John in DC - 12/13/2006 03:33:00 PM


I've often said that George Bush's America increasingly reminds me of Germany circa 1933 or so. Not quite full-blown Nazi era, but not quite all honky-dory either. Well folks, Republican hero Roy Moore just moved the cuckoo clock up a notch to 1934.

(Moore is the guy pushing the "Ten Commandments in every courthouse" campaign. No one could have predicted that he'd be exposed as a raging nutjob.)

According to Moore, Muslims have no place in the US Congress. That kind of talk is the kind of thing a Nazi would say. Or the Taliban would say. Or a good Soviet-style dictator would say. It's not the kind of thing an American would say. And it's the kind of thing that would itself get you banned forever from public life in 21st century America. Until now. How much do you want to be that Moore doesn't suffer a lick for proclaiming one of the most racist, un-American doctrines to hit our country in decades?

First, we get an inkling of Moore's extremism in the lead to his column:
Last month Keith (Hakim Mohammad) Ellison of Minnesota became the first Muslim elected to serve in the United States Congress and shocked many Americans by declaring that he would take his oath of office by placing his hand on the Quran rather than the Bible. Can a true believer in the Islamic doctrine found in the Quran swear allegiance to our Constitution? Those who profess a sincere belief in Allah say "no!"

Next, Moore ironically maligns Muslims for, supposedly, embracing a philosophy that is openly embraced by Moore's own religious right supporters - that they want our government and our laws replaced by a theocracy.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/12/read-this-religious-right-leader.html

prohibition about religious tests for public office holders in the Constitution.

He was recalled as Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court for terminal whackjob-itis--too fundy even for Alabama. :crazy:

... because he felt his religious beliefs to be more important than the civil law he was supposed to be upholding.

His comments would be hysterical if they weren't so pathetically sad.

Even most evangelicals in Alabama have drop kicked Roy Moore.

DOM? I am pretty sick of these idiots giving my religion a bad name by their constant irreverence for the teachings of Jesus.

Ellison's skin color has something to do with the tirade as well. I'm sure that Moore thinks (though doesn't dare say) that blacks have no place in the US Congress, either.