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Apr. 14th, 2014 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fabrisse[Poll #1964614]
This came about because someone on Slate left a comment that soon people wouldn't be required to swear on the Bible to testify in court. I thought everyone knew that the Quakers (and others) had ensured that affirmation -- with no book or mention of G-d -- was acceptable from pre-Constitutional times to the present.
I had to alter my written form when taking my oath of office, but I was allowed to cross off "so help me G-d" and change the word "swear" to "affirm."
This came about because someone on Slate left a comment that soon people wouldn't be required to swear on the Bible to testify in court. I thought everyone knew that the Quakers (and others) had ensured that affirmation -- with no book or mention of G-d -- was acceptable from pre-Constitutional times to the present.
I had to alter my written form when taking my oath of office, but I was allowed to cross off "so help me G-d" and change the word "swear" to "affirm."
