12-26-2006, 10:35 PM
Bismillah
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http://www.informationliberation.com/index.php?id=18462
Personally, I'd rather have a person swear on something they hold sacred and thus fear reprisal if they fail in their duties. I prefer to have a Jewish man swear on the Torah than on the Qur'an. I'd rather have an atheist swear on the lives of their children or whatever they hold dear, rather than the Qur'an.
The whole purpose of swearing in is to show before the public how serious you take your new leadership role.
Really, isn't the U.S. supposed to be secular? Doesn't demanding that one swear on the Bible show an allegiance that isn't supposed to even exist?