Dennis Prager, Friend of the President

In my Bible there is Matthew 5:34-37, we see 34 But I say unto you. Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne... ... 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Now we go to a prominent Christian nation and look through the old key hole: Right-wing talk show host Dennis Prager has raised a firestorm charging that Rep.-elect Kieth Ellison (D-MN), the first Muslim elected to Congress, must swear in using a Bible. He said that if Ellison swears in with a Quran, it would “undermin[e] American civilization” and be akin to swearing in with a copy of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/05/prager-holocaust/#comment-1230529 Since oath-taking is expressly forbidden by Jesus, I think this point is not even worthy of being mooted.