Oath of Office and to Constitution

[Nordmadr]

I am a government employee working for a local county government in my state as a GIS Analyst (map making, database mangement, etc).

Today I was required, as apparently all civil servants in our county are, to sign the following oath.

I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of New York, and tht I will faithfully discharge the duties of GIS Analyst according to the best of my ability.

Signed by me AND notarized.

I take this sort of thing very seriously, especially when the Constitution gets brought up, and the last time I made such an oath I spent 5 years in the military, so it made me uneasy. Not signing was not presented as an option because a letter stated that not-signing would require a trip down to the local Naturalization Office, where I would still have to sign the card.

Any other civil servants have to make similar oaths out there? Don't want to find out that supporting the Constitution and doing my best involves doing it somewhere in the middle east. Now, I don't really think that is anything remotely possible, but like I said, I could not help feeling a little uneasy about it. I had the notary make me a copy of the document and the letter from our county clerk. I told her the last time I signed something like that I spent 6 months in the Persian Gulf.

Olaf

[unhappycamper]

1. I'm a bit surprised the NY is requiring loyalty oaths.

I would have expected this in Kansas or Mississippi first.