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Virgil Goode, a republican representative for Virginia, is a bigoted asshole

Seems the good Mr. Goode recently sent a letter to his constituents to relax any concerns they may have that he wasn’t, in fact, a bigoted asshole. Here’s the heart of the fear monger’s letter: “I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs tradition to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped.”

See, told you he was a bigoted asshole.

This letter comes on the heels of a democratic Representative-elect from Minnesota, Keith Ellison (who is a Muslim), requesting to be sworn into office with a Koran instead of the Bible. That is apparently not our Mr. Goode’s cup of tea, and he reassures his constituents that: “[w]hen I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way.”

Now here’s my problem with this bigoted asshole and his empty logic. All this letter of his says (and you can read the full text here) is “Muslims and Koran, bad…Bible good.” I have no problem with Mr. Goode’s own religious beliefs. But it’s bigoted assholery to suggest that all Muslims are bad - I think we all know this. The bigger problem here, for me, is this - would he have Representative-elect Ellison sworn in on a Bible even though Ellison doesn’t subscribe to Christianity? Not only would that give Ellison’s oath no moral authority, as he’s not swearing on something he believes in, but doesn’t it also feel like an affront to the very Bible which Mr. Goode cherishes? Seems so to me.

Virgil Goode is a bigoted asshole.

Posted by Seth on December 20, 2006 | Comments (1)