No Bible Required... some points to score against Freepers who complain that Obama's "re-do" oath

[ddeclue]

didn't count either...:crazy:

1)First Amendment establishment clause: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"

2) No explicit religious qualification listed in Article II Section 1 under Presidential qualifications for office:

"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States."

3)Article VI prohibits a religious test for office:

"but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

4) Article II, Section 1 under the section describing this subject allows EITHER an oath OR an AFFIRMATION:

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

No mention of a Bible is made here - there is no such requirement and in fact such a requirement would contradict Article VI and the First Amendment and an affirmation is just as valid as an oath.

Finally there is no requirement that swearing must be done upon a Bible. One may swear without one.

Doug D.
Orlando, FL

swear -transitive verb 1: to utter or take solemnly (an oath)2 a: to assert as true or promise under oath <a sworn affidavit> <swore to uphold the Constitution> b: to assert or promise emphatically or earnestly <swore he'd study harder next time>3 a: to put to an oath : administer an oath to b: to bind by an oath <swore them to secrecy>4obsolete : to invoke the name of (a sacred being) in an oath5: to bring into a specified state by swearing <swore his life away>intransitive verb1: to take an oath2: to use profane or obscene language : curse
— swear·er noun
— swear by
: to place great confidence in <swears by his mechanic>
— swear for
: to give assurance for : guarantee
— swear off
: to vow to abstain from : renounce <swear off smoking>

[moggie]

1. Ah, but he didn't hold his hand up at EXACTLY the right angle

Also, how do we know that he didn't have his fingers crossed? That would cause the magic spell to fail!

[nichomachus]

2. Apparently,

Mall*Wart is having a huge sale on sour grapes.

[meli224]

3. Pat Buchanan

was trying to say that he needed to be "physically swearing on something" What a joke these people are. Then that schmuck Mark Whitaker whined about no cameras in there..

[ddeclue]

4. Umm no.. I checked in the dictionary...

swearing does not require any physical object to be used.

Uncle Pat's probably unhappy because Obama failed to give the proper Nazi salute afterwards.

:rofl:

[WinkyDink]

5. Simply put: The Constitution makes the Bible an illegal requirement.

[Claire Beth]

6. If they don't believe he is truly the President.....

have them make a threat and see how long before they're arrested.

[rateyes]

7. I swear on my grandmother's grave....

Freepers are fucking idiots.