09-20-2015, 07:12 PM
(09-20-2015, 07:06 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I suppose they may have been thinking that if the person did not "believe" then the oath of office would be meaningless.
Just a guess.
I don't really know.
Which is interesting since the oath makes no mention of a god and swearing on a Bible, or anything for that matter, is not required.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR