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Roland99

(53,345 posts) Fri Sep 4, 2015, 01:04 PM Sep 2015

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Petition to require all gov't officials to swear upon the Constitution, not the bible [View all] Roland99 Sep 2015 OP

Signed! TheGunslinger Sep 2015 #1

I love the idea! Faux pas Sep 2015 #2

Done! hifiguy Sep 2015 #3

#1052. A long way to go. nm rhett o rick Sep 2015 #4

The Kentucky oath for officials ends with "so help me god." csziggy Sep 2015 #6

I'm in Florida and don't know if they allow this csziggy Sep 2015 #19

Signed, sealed and delivered n/t Fritz Walter Sep 2015 #8

X marks the spot! Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #9

I actually have little problem with a swear on the Bible MisterP Sep 2015 #10

Nothing in US law requires swearing on the Bible struggle4progress Sep 2015 #11

which is why this is a silly petition onenote Sep 2015 #14

+1,000! MADem Sep 2015 #22

+1,000! nt MADem Sep 2015 #33

But yet a bible is present almost always and assumed to be used Roland99 Sep 2015 #16

There's no chance a competent court will require "so help me God" struggle4progress Sep 2015 #17

You're not understanding the point Roland99 Sep 2015 #20

Because you say so? I think you are missing the point. MADem Sep 2015 #24

It's not a "majority rules" or "religous freedom thing" as you put it, Roland99 Sep 2015 #25

Again, you're missing the point. Refer back to my previous two posts. Roland99 Sep 2015 #31

This is your political opinion of how things should be. tritsofme Sep 2015 #29

That's really not how the Constitution works or what it requires. branford Sep 2015 #32

Done. K&R. Scuba Sep 2015 #13

UNREC brooklynite Sep 2015 #18

signed. 5914. a great idea! n/t wildbilln864 Sep 2015 #23

Signed! haikugal Sep 2015 #27

You're not required to swear on the Bible? Spider Jerusalem Sep 2015 #35

I don't like this Idea. NutmegYankee Sep 2015 #37