just a thought
Nov. 4th, 2008 11:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asimplechordOnly tangentially related to the election.
Brought on by Tom Brokaw's comment about how historical and profound it will be when Obama "puts his hand on the Bible" to be sworn in as the POTUS.
If citizens of the US have an unalienable right to practice whatever religion they choose (or to not practice, as the case may be), why are government oaths made on the Bible?
Wouldn't it make more sense to do it on... oh, I don't know, the Constitution, since that's what they're swearing to uphold?
Keith Ellison's (D - Minn.) decision to use the Koran at his swearing-in caused a furor, even though the copy he utilized was part of Thomas Jefferson's collection.
Out of curiosity, did Joe Lieberman use a Bible for his swearing-in?
Does our right to free expression of religion only apply to Judeo-Christian denominations?
Brought on by Tom Brokaw's comment about how historical and profound it will be when Obama "puts his hand on the Bible" to be sworn in as the POTUS.
If citizens of the US have an unalienable right to practice whatever religion they choose (or to not practice, as the case may be), why are government oaths made on the Bible?
Wouldn't it make more sense to do it on... oh, I don't know, the Constitution, since that's what they're swearing to uphold?
Keith Ellison's (D - Minn.) decision to use the Koran at his swearing-in caused a furor, even though the copy he utilized was part of Thomas Jefferson's collection.
Out of curiosity, did Joe Lieberman use a Bible for his swearing-in?
Does our right to free expression of religion only apply to Judeo-Christian denominations?
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Date: 2008-11-05 04:05 pm (UTC)