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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
Well I know that. I meant during the SWEARING IN on the Bible. (Which I actually thought was pretty cool that they used Lincoln's.)
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That was cool.
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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
Religious question... not pertaining to Obama. If a non-Christian/Protestant person were to be elected, would they still swear on the Bible, to God? What if a Muslim president were elected? Or Jewish? Or Atheist? Wiccan?
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I can see a Jewish president before a Muslim president. I definitely can't see an Atheist or Wiccan president.
To answer your question, that may be based on two things:
Is swearing in on the Bible a written/required part of the process?
Is it the Bible as literature or the Bible as a religious document? What do they do in a court of law where the person is Muslim, etc. and there is swearing on the Bible?