America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on

Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to
the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his
oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

He
should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility
to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

First,
it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist
activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his
Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no
consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is
what any individual holds to be his holiest book.

Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what