Virgil Goode. Sigh. Republican from Virginia. Never heard of him until today. But he seems to think that we need to limit immigration so no more Muslims will ever get elected to Congress. Yes, it’s time for the Mormons once again to defend the Constitution, which has a small but important reference in Article 6 that Rep. Goode may want to re-read.
Look, I understand all the hysteria about Muslims. We have the first Muslim Congressman ever, and he wants to swear on the Koran. It’s worth pointing out that Mormons have been swearing on the Book of Mormon (using the Quad) for years. And, meanwhile, in the UK, Mohammed (or Muhammed) is now a more popular name among children than George.
The whole situation reminds me of the hysteria in frontier America in the 1840s. Can we agree that there are things worth worrying about, such as global terrorism, and there are things not worth worrying about, like preventing law-abiding, good people who happen to be Muslim from immigrating to the United States?