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Old 12-01-2006, 09:12 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Agamemnon View Post
I don't get why they make government officials swear on any religious book. That doesn't really enforce the idea that church and state are separate...
It's something that wasn't an issue in the Nation's infancy when everyone was Christian in one form or another...and now it is traditional.

I suggest they change it though. Everyone should swear on the constitution of the United States and be bound to uphold it or be put to death.
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