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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Obama has asked to say ’so help me God’ at swearing-in « - Blogs from CNN.com
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(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 ...

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Obama has asked to say 'so help me God' at swearing-in
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... on Inauguration Day. That confirmation came in an affidavit filed today by Roberts' court counselor in a pending lawsuit by an atheist opposed to any mention of God in the inaugural ceremonies. Roberts said he would abide by Obama’s wishes. The Constitution has specific language on what has to be said when swearing in the president, but the “so help me God” phrase has traditionally been added at the end of the required oath, starting with George Washington in 1789. Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/obama-t... /

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Political Animal — ... quoted the scriptures during his floor remarks, and he wanted to make certain the scribes got it right! For a long time, it was a tradition among the stenographers to show fealty to Huey by signing the inside of the Bible. The Religious Right wanted to turn the Capitol Visitors Center into a shrine for the phony "Christian nation" views of their favorite pseudo-historian David Barton. They failed -- and they're grumpy about that. Also from the God Machine this week: * Barack Obama has requested that the words "so help me God" be added to the end of the oath of office, keeping ...

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