The Constitution doesn't just "make no requirement of swearing in on any object," it explicitly prohibits what this dude is demanding.
Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
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The Constitution doesn't just "make no requirement of swearing in on any object," it explicitly prohibits what this dude is demanding.
—Article VI
In fact several US presidents including John Quincy Adams and Theodore Roosevelt chose not to be sworn in on a Bible
I am sorry but cannot swear on a peanut butter as I have already used it as a bookmark.
These two posts were right next to each other the first time I encountered them!
After I posted this I saw all the peanut butter posts. The hivemind is really connected today.
Connie ❤️
Swear me in on the Codex Adepta Sororitas.
Swear me in on the Voynich manuscript.
Is no one going to make fun of the name Brylin Hollyhand?
Just wait until you meet his sister, Tragedeigh
Should we really be naming the constitution a girl's name? We now know what the conservatives do to girls and women.
The same thing they do to the constitution? Unconscionable and constant violation while claiming they're ardent defenders
Yea but shes really old, for some reason the pedos can't stop fucking her.
She's a woman and we need to treat👏 her👏 right 👏
I'd prefer Nutella, though.
I personally would use an upside down backwards chinese bible with half the pages missing