Congresswoman: You MUST Swear In Using The Bible

[Quixote1818]

[elleng]

1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,

or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[brush]

2. She has no idea what she's talking about and needs to be expelled.

[Cartoonist]

3. What's the point?

The bible holds no significance to me. It would be no difference if I was to swear on a roll of toilet paper.

[Locrian]

6. exactly

She misses the whole point of it in her obvious stupid bias.

Why would you have someone swear in on something that had ZERO meaning to them?

If the whole point is to have something that keeps you honest (rolls eyes), and if you really think "other" religions are so fanatical why not use whatever book makes sense to use?

[SergeStorms]

4. I'd wager...

that she has no idea who wrote the bible, or how it was compiled into the "holy book" she believes is the be all and end all of religious texts. Mention 'Constantine ' and I'm sure she thinks its someone who is forever young.

[House of Roberts]

5. They should ALL have to swear on a copy of the constitution.

Since that's the document they have to swear to uphold.

[Locrian]

7. symbolically I like that better - but it assumes they care about the constitution - n/t

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

12. A very good idea!

[markpkessinger]

8. Leaving aside .that . . .

. . . (1) there is nothing in our laws that requires swearing on a bible, (2) the Constitution forbids any kind of religious test for public office, and (3) swearing on a bible means absolutely nothing if the book has no religious significance to the person taking the oath, there remains a problem with what the Bible itself says about taking oaths in the first place!

Matthew 5:34-37:

" But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.["

James 5:12

"Above all, my beloved, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. "

This woman is too stupid to be a dog catcher, let alone a member of Congress!

[treestar]

11. I wonder that people started the tradition of swearing on the Bible

It seems the Bible says not to swear on anything. Again proving they do not really read the Bible.

[Gothmog]

9. MTG is an bigoted idiot

[JohnnyRingo]

10. We don't have to swear on a bible to testify in court either.

An oath of affirmation (or something like that) will suffice.
Nothing in our government requires a bible.