"Jefferson's Quran dates religious tolerance to the founders of our country"

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn), the first Muslim elected to Congress, took a lot of heat from conservatives about his decision to bring his Koran with him when he was sworn in (typical hysteria about Muslims 'infiltrating' America, etc etc). Ellison handled these attacks more gracefully than I would have. Rep. Ellison schooled his attackers hard today, he decided not to bring his Koran... he brought Thomas Jefferson's.

It's a good day for religious diversity in America; it's a bad day for right-wing bigots.

UPDATE: Reps. Ellison and Goode met for the first time in Congress today.

(Of course, Americans still apparently hate atheists, but we can work on that later)