It is always fascinating when the borderline theocrats within the Religious Right movement start to warn that Muslims should not be allowed to serve in the military or in the government because their primary allegiance is to Allah and the Quran rather than the Constitution, but then try to explain why it is okay for Christians in the same positions to give their primary allegiance to God and the Bible.
As Jerry Boykin explained on a recent episode of “Prophetic Perspective on Current Events,” it should have “raised a red flag” that someone like Nidal Hasan gave his first allegiance to the Quran rather than to the Constitution.
On the other hand, the first obligation of Christians like Boykin is also to God, but in that case it is not a cause for concern because the “Constitution was inspired by God”:
