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Ummmm… Your Canary Just Fell Off It’s Perch….

Check out this little snip from Memeorandum, this morning:

(Striped of links)

 Agence France Presse:
Congressman says Muslim lawmaker’s election threatens US values

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Discussion: cair.com and Think Progress

There seems something of a pattern developing, here.

Let’s see… We get a Republican defending American values, and the French raise hell, so does CAIR, and the American left, too.

 

Like it or not, Rep. Virgil Goode [1]  is quite correct; It DOES represent a threat to our society. Accuse me of bigotry and intolerance, if you like, but the fact remains that what we’re talking about is allowing a foundational shift in our society. I’m willing to bet many of you don’t think so. Then again, I’m equally sure the French didn’t think so, either, a while ago.

You see, here’s the problem; There has never been a great culture, inclduing those of the west, that did not have one religion or another at or near the root of it. Even the more secular cultures, have such religions… and the moral values of those religions… at their root. The problem, here is being mis-cast, as in this article in the NY Times [2]:

“Keith Ellison serves as a great example of Muslim Americans in our nation, and he does not have to answer to you, to me or anyone else in regards to questions about his faith,” said Mr. Pascrell, whose district includes many Arab-Americans.

 While this controversy that Goode brings to the fore,  is certainly driven by religion, where the problem really comes in, is in the cultural morality and values that eminate from the religions in each culture… values and moralities which in majority have adherents throughout the culture… even the not particularly religious.

“I’m not a religious scholar, I’m a politician, and I do what politicians do, which is hopefully pass legislation to help the nation,” said Mr. Ellison

But what is politics, but a reflection of one’s personal values? And are not one’s personal values at least affected by if not directed by, one’s religion?

And all this would be true even without the more visable threat involved, that Dennis Prager brought up:

“Ellison’s ..(taking the oath of office on the Koran)… will embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal — the Islamicization of America”

 

This stuff simply cannot be discounted, folks. The French, the Brits, and to a lesser degree the Canadians are our coal-mine-canaries… and they’re choking to death.

Update:  (DavidL)   Larry King, Wolf Blitzer interviewed Ellison.  Scott at Powerline [3], writes “CNN has a lot to learn about Keith Ellison [4]:”

Before CNN turns itself over to Ellison again for instructions in the American way, it might want to take a look at “Keith Ellison for Dummies”and “Louis Farrakhan’s First Congressman.” It might want to ask Ellison what branch of Islam he follows in reconciling Sharia law with the United States Constitution, or with homosexual rights, abortion rights, and the feminist agenda. Surely one of these days a bigfoot journalist like Wolf Blitzer will ask Ellison a serious question.

To what brand of Islam does Ellison profess to believe, and to what extent do Ellison’s professed beliefs conflict with fundamental American values?   We are willing to ask Mitt Romney.   Why not Ellison?