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Topic: Presidents should
not swear in on a Bible |
Presidents should
not swear in on a Bible
CNN, by Dean Obeidallah
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Original Article
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Posted By:Scottyboy, 1/17/2013 10:29:38 AM
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| U.S. presidents should not be sworn into office with their hand on a Bible. At Monday´s inauguration of his second term, President Barack Obama will raise his right hand and place his left on not one, but two Bibles: One owned by Abraham Lincoln and the other by Martin Luther King Jr. The Constitution requires he give this oath of office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Comments:
This idiot Obeidallah points out that there is no constitutional requirement, but - as much as I´m sure he would like to do so - 0bama is too politically savvy to take the oath without using the Bible.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Hairy Eyeball, 1/17/2013 10:33:09 AM (No. 9121944)
How about Mien Kamph? Das Capitol??
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
globalwarmer, 1/17/2013 10:38:26 AM (No. 9121952)
In essence, Obama will be taking the Lord´s name in vain. He will not be held guiltless.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
roger h. cook,MD, 1/17/2013 10:41:18 AM (No. 9121959)
It should be the Koran?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
viking diver, 1/17/2013 10:47:24 AM (No. 9121975)
If he really meant what he repeats during the oath he would borrow billy boy´s gigantic bible / Sarcasm really off now
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Northern Redman, 1/17/2013 10:50:01 AM (No. 9121985)
They´re just afraid that he´ll burn his hand when he touches it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Jonr, 1/17/2013 10:52:07 AM (No. 9121991)
Just use a picture of Obama to swear on as he seems to be the liberal messiah!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 1/17/2013 10:54:15 AM (No. 9122000)
Wikipedia says Obeidallah:
. . .is a Palestinian-Italian-American comedian. He was born in Lodi, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Paramus.[1] His father was born in Battir, a small village near Bethlehem in Palestine; his mother´s parents were born in Sicily.
Politics: liberal
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
gobushcheneygo, 1/17/2013 11:09:21 AM (No. 9122029)
As I´ve posted before, it would be more appropriate if Obama took the oath on a stack of Golf Digest magazines.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
6079 Smith, W, 1/17/2013 11:46:32 AM (No. 9122115)
It doesn´t matter what he swears on if he has no intention of defending the Constitution--which he doesn´t.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
lavalette, 1/17/2013 11:58:16 AM (No. 9122157)
Placing one´s hand on the bible while swearing to support and defend the constitution and laws of the country signifies that you are making this commitment not only to men but to God. If your commitment is only to the human political order, you are implicitly a tyrant. That is, you recognize no higher power, no ultimate order of the universe beyond the political order which you now command. In other words, the symbolic import of doing away with the Bible is to make government God. This is exactly the agenda of the left. If he were honest, Obama would not use the Bible just as he has removed any legitimate clergy from his inaugural ceremonies and filled it with gay poets. But obama is not honest and will use the prop to fool people who want desperately to be fooled.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Momma Walton, 1/17/2013 12:34:21 PM (No. 9122250)
When taking an oath it used to mean swearing to tell the truth "so help me God"!
Obama will again be testing God to see if He will do anything about his actions. Let him be assured that God´s Word is final. He will be held accountable for his actions.
God has been very patient with Obama, giving him many opportunities to prove his faith/trust/dependence upon Him alone.
Obama has proven he is not a Believer.
Obama comes against just about everything God stands for.
Pray for America.
We are held responsible for those we place in power. Obama continues to prove his dislike for God´s will/way, somehow thinking he is above all of US, and God will not challenge him.
Satan has empowered Obama to steal/kill/destroy through abortion, homosexuality, and seizing control of all that we hold dear - not ruling according to our Constitution.
Obama is making US dependent upon him instead of him being dependent upon God to lead/guide him as he "humbly" listens to the cries of the people in this country.
Pray for America!
God is not mocked. What we sow, we will reap!
Obama is not God. He is only a man, like all of US.
God has been very patient with US. Will we continue to test His patience?
America needs to repent, seek God´s Word, let Him rule/reign in our hearts/minds/souls/spirits as we make a stand for Righteousness which we once valued/treasured/observed in our daily lives.
As Obama swears in on a Bible, may we Believers hold our Beloved Bibles, praying for Obama´s conversion - "whatever it takes" for him to know/believe in the only One who is able to lead America to our true geatness!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rolfnader, 1/17/2013 12:38:18 PM (No. 9122259)
So says Dean Obamadallah.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
udanja99, 1/17/2013 1:11:50 PM (No. 9122327)
At this point I´m praying for some well aimed lightening.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
kono, 1/17/2013 1:52:40 PM (No. 9122420)
Nobody should swear on a Bible.
But that´s not the point Obeidallah is making in this poorly digested and oft-regurgitated appeal to deny public office holders their constitutionally-defended right to express and attempt to live-out their faith.
Secularism qualifies as a religious category, itself, just like zero is a number and atheism is a belief system. Those who suggest coerced secularism in this country are enemies of the Constitution.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
SouthSanAntonio, 1/17/2013 3:01:45 PM (No. 9122580)
NØbama shouldn´t swear on a Bible simply because he doesn´t believe in the Bible or anything that it stands for. Any time he touches a Bible, it is simply a photo op for him.
A copy of ´´The Communist Manifesto´´, or a biography of his personal heroes, Lenin and Marx, would be much more appropriate and honest for this swearing in.
I would say he could use the Constitution, but he already used his copy for toilet paper. And it wouldn´t be very honest for him to touch that document that he doesn´t believe in either.
But future presidents who do believe in God and the Bible should certainly have that right and honor to do this mandatory swearing in by promising to protect and defend the Constitution (the 2nd most important document in history) while holding his hand on the Bible (the 1st most important document in history)...
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/17/2013 9:21:35 PM (No. 9123259)
Could you open MLK´s and see if his little black book is inside ?
This is the USA and we had a system that work up until the AA prez came along. Don´t like it ? Don´t run to be prez. Seems simple enough.
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