Thomas Jefferson Library is in Rep.Goode's (R- Va) District...

npincus

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Thu Jan-04-07 09:22 AM
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Thomas Jefferson Library is in Rep.Goode's (R- Va) District...

Edited on Thu Jan-04-07 09:22 AM by npincus

http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=koran&SL=None&Search_Code=GKEY%5E*&DB=local&CNT=50

District 5 in Charlottesville, Va, represented by The Bigot, himself... original home to Jefferson's own Qu'ran, and books citing numerous references to Jefferson's interest in and study of Islam. AAR citing that District 5 is also the home of Jefferson's birthplace, Shadwell, Va..

More required reading for Rep Goode: "The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World, 1776-1815" by Robert J. Allison

http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-Obscured-United-States-1776-1815/dp/0195086120/sr=8-1/qid=1167919667/ref=sr_1_1/104-3767826-0385505?ie=UTF8&s=books

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4442874.html

In their zeal to promote the use of the Bible, many of Ellison's critics are forgetting that the authors of the Constitution went to great lengths to separate church and state as a bulwark against the religious discrimination many of the colonists fled England to escape. Thomas Jefferson, whose birthplace Goode represents, considered his authorship of Virginia's Act for Establishing Religious Freedom as one of his greatest accomplishments, along with drafting the Declaration of Independence and founding the University of Virginia. He and the Founders rejected any attempt to make Christianity the nation's official creed.

Ellison has shown grace and diplomacy throughout the controversy, saying he hopes to become friends with colleague Goode and further his understanding of Muslims. Ellison's final gesture at the ceremonial swearing in today is the ideal conclusion to an otherwise tawdry episode.

The new congressman is using a Koran from the Library of Congress archives originally owned and initialed by Jefferson himself, a pointed reminder that America was founded on the principle that no faith, creed or lack thereof should receive official favor or prejudice.

Judging by the public comments of the past few weeks, it's a lesson far too many Americans have forgotten.

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illinoisprogressive

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Thu Jan-04-07 09:25 AM
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1. OMG!!! that is rich! And so just!

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npincus

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Thu Jan-04-07 11:46 AM
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5. Karma's a bitch, ain't it?

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unpossibles

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Thu Jan-04-07 09:33 AM
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2. gotta love that first review....

gee, they start right off making fun of academic elite, then say they couldn't understand the book. Hmm...

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Thu Jan-04-07 09:34 AM
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3. If only Goode had an iota of the intellectual curiosity of Jefferson

:shakeshead:

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Thu Jan-04-07 10:19 AM
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4. Goode represents the worst in Blueblood filth

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