Actually there is no set way politicians are sworn in.
I just saw what they said was the second Muslim sworn into congress the other day. He used no book of any kind at his ceremony, just raised his hand and swore to uphold the constitution of the US.
Short and sweet.
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Originally Posted by IHNR
It is also valid that when a Muslim senator was sworn in using the Koran (it was found out later that the Koran used was owned by Thomas Jefferson) to be sworn into office. There were debates on the floor of our law making body protesting the use of the Koran as a means of authority when swearing in a senator who represents mainly Muslim constituents (I believe he was from the Detroit area, where there are a high number of Muslims)
For me I don't understand why the swearing in process using a christian process being used to begin with... a man's word is what I what I want to have when he enters office not superstitious rituals that don't belong in supposedly a non-christian government.
If you have three branches of government and 99.98% of them claim christianity as their faith then how do you not have a Theocracy?
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