Comments on: Virgil Goode Still Doesn’t Get It http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Marty Dues http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5425 Marty Dues Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:48:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5425 I would prefer to have a person swear in on something they believe in vs. something they do not. A man or woman’s public vows to serve are only as concrete as the personal/religious beliefs they hold, in private. Shocking and unbelievable as this may sound, these are not always Christian in nature. Our country has always been a strong proponent for Freedom of Religion, if my school history lessons are recalled correctly.

]]> By: Jose http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5424 Jose Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:25:18 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5424 I think we should keep the Ethiopians in good health. They know what is what!

Jose

]]> By: G. Chell http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5403 G. Chell Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:32:09 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5403 “Speaking of “religious intolerance”, does anyone here actually know a thing about the Qur’an? It’s an interesting read, especially the parts about killing non-believers and not taking Jews and Christians as their friends.”

Do people like Mr. Goode and his constituents really follow the teachings of the Bible such as no heterosexual sex before or outside marriage? Or do they just rant and rave about Islam and gay marriage using and misusing the Bible because it is the popular thing to do? If we really believe in Christian values how about preaching abstinence to the fornicators who live in this country? As Jesus said, ye who have no sin cast the first stone.

]]> By: Adam Selene http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5401 Adam Selene Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:37:25 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5401 Speaking of religious intolerance, all you folks who want to bash the Koran and ignore the Torah and Christian Bible should re-read those holy books. In the Torah and Old Testament, “God” kills children merely for making fun of his priest, for example. Hmmmmm.

]]> By: S. Cutbirth http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5399 S. Cutbirth Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:37:09 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5399 Speaking of “religious intolerance”, does anyone here actually know a thing about the Qur’an? It’s an interesting read, especially the parts about killing non-believers and not taking Jews and Christians as their friends.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5394 Jeff Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:17:55 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5394 Keith Ellison certainly has every right to use the Koran for his swearing in ceremony . To suggest otherwise is totally UN-AMERICAN . While I have no great respect for the Muslim Religion per say , this is due largely to it’s general label being used to incite horrific violence world wide , if Mr Ellison wishes to express his faith he should be free to do so . If nothing else , we in the United States need to remember that freedom of religion is paramount to freedom in general . So few of the world’s Muslims know these freedoms or understand them . At the very least Americans need to remember that tolerance is the bedrock of OUR freedom .

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5366 Kevin Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:14:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5366 Question:

What did Goode think about George Allen using the word “macaca” and George Allen denying that he was a Jew?

]]> By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Virgil Goode Still Doesn’t Get It http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5365 Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Virgil Goode Still Doesn’t Get It Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:04:07 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5365 [...] The Congressman from Virginia’s 5th District has spoken again, and just made himself look worth. My take on Goode’s latest statement at The Liberty Papers. Bookmark to:   [link] [...]

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5364 Doug Mataconis Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:58:09 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5364 Adam,

The ironic thing is that the District Goode represents includes the ancestral homes of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

I don’t think that Goode is a racist so much as he’s an idiot who knows what he needs to say to pander to the voters in his districts, who I am sure are loving this nonsense.

]]> By: Adam Selene http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5363 Adam Selene Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:48:57 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5363 The fact that Goode said nothing about David Duke doesn’t mean he is a racist. The vast majority of the population of the USA is unaware that there was a “holocaust conference” in Iran, or that Duke attended it. Aside from that, saying nothing does not make one a racist, although it could make you a silent partner in racism.

On the other hand, his position on Ellison shows religious intolerance and a fundamental misunderstanding of the Constitution and the principles this country were founded on. Those principles were the principles of the Scottish Enlightenment, not Judeo-Christian. Although certainly inter-related, they are not the same.

]]> By: G. Chell http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5362 G. Chell Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:42:39 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/02/virgil-goode-still-doesnt-get-it/#comment-5362 Mr. Goode is a racist not because he condemned Moslems and the use of Koran, but because he had little or nothing to say when David Duke cohorted with the Islamic extremists in Iran. However, when it came to a black man taking oath of office on Koran Mr. Goode condemned him. Perhaps the racist here is not Mr. Goode, but his white reactionary constituents who only raised the issue when a black man was involved, but had little or nothing to say when their fellow white southern racist cohorted with the Islamic extremists in Iran.

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