This is almost too much to believe

Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va) recently sent a letter to constituents in which he wrote "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

"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."

All of this was in response to the announcement by Keith Ellison (D-Minn) that he will use the Koran during his swearing-in ceremony.

Is this guy for real? When did the freedom of religion come to mean "only for Christians"? This is perhaps the single most offensive thing I've heard from an elected official, and they tend to be a pretty offensive lot to begin with. In all likelihood, this probably won't be a big issue in his district (Virginia's 5th Congressional District, which covers the West-Central and Southern portions of the state). And people wonder why I still refuse to think of myself as a Virginian, even after living here for almost 17 years.

Read the entire letter in the C-Ville Weekly.

[via The Washington Post]