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"Brace
yourself for the following letter, shared with C-Ville by John Cruickshank,
chair of the local Sierra Club chapter. Representative Virgil Goode (www.house.gov/goode) told us, through
his press secretary, “I wrote the letter. I think it speaks for itself.”
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515-4605
December 7, 2006
Mr. John Cruickshank
7—— S——————————
Dr.
Earlysville, VA 22936
Dear Mr. Cruickshank:
Thank you for your recent communication. When I raise my hand to take
the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do
not subscribe to using the Koran in any way. The Muslim Representative from
Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens
don’t wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there
will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use
of the Koran. We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal
immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President
Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country.
I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United
States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe
are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United
States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped.
The Ten Commandments and “In God We Trust” are on the wall
in my office. A Muslim student came by the office and asked why I did not
have anything on my wall about the Koran. My response was clear, “As
long as I have the honor of representing the citizens of the 5th District
of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives, The Koran is
not going to be on the wall of my office.” Thank you again for your
email and thoughts.
Sincerely yours,
Virgil H. Goode, Jr.
70 East Court Street
Suite 215
Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151 |
Cruickshank had never communicated with Goode’s office about Muslim
immigration or official uses of the Koran. According to Goode’s office,
Goode had received a flood of e-mails from constituents in response to newly
elected Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison’s declaration that he
would use the Koran, not the Bible, when being sworn into Congress next
month. This letter was Goode’s response to those e-mails; Goode’s
office says Cruickshank received the letter in error." (Erika Howsare,
C-Ville Weekly, December 19, 2006)
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