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Quote by: xyzer  By the way Chancellor the reason that Constitutional Article 6 exists is because the early Quakers in what is now Pennsylvania(late 1700s) didn't believe in swearing oaths of affirmation. This caused trouble because the rest of the eastern Pennsylvanis Community(including Ben Franklin) thought that one had to swear an oath of affirmation to assume office. When a Quaker won a local election he wouldn't take the required oath?
Don't run for office unless you are prepared to take an oath! | One can affirm that one will uphold the Constitution without swearing an oath.
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