When Rush Limbaugh learned that someone had thrown paint on a billboard advertising his show on the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore, he joked that the incident should warrant him secret service protection as was granted Barack Obama when Rush’s Barack the Magic Negro parody made more news than it should have.

Hate crime in progress

Forget secret service protection, Rush! This is a hate crime and you need your fuzzball self to be included in the recently passed House bill H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. The bill should be amended so that federal protection includes race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability and Rush Limbaugh.

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In January, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack when he announced he’d take his oath of office, January 4th, on the Koran. While a Muslims in Congress can be good for the country , their refusal to swear on the Bible offends what is essentially a Judeo-Christian culture.

Now a North Carolina court hearing will determine whether or not the Bible is the only holy book to be used when swearing to tell or not tell the truth.

North Carolina state law allows witnesses preparing to testify in court to take their oath in three ways: by laying a hand over “the Holy Scriptures,” by saying “so help me God” without the use of a religious book, or by an affirmation using no religious symbols. In a suit brought by — who else — the ACLU, the complaint is that Christians have three choices when swearing themselves to the truth, but Muslims only have two choices. Awwwwwww.

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