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Published 1/9/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker
(CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama has requested that the words “so help me God,” be added to the end of the oath of office to be administered by Chief Justice John Roberts on Inauguration Day.
That confirmation came in an affidavit filed today by Roberts' court counselor in a pending lawsuit by an atheist opposed [...]
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