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Quote by: The Decider  No, I suggest that you read the Constitution...carefully this time. Note the word "test" in "there shall be no religious test." An oath does not require the oathtaker to follow the Bible or the Koran or whatever. The oath is not a "religious test." Nothing in the US Constitition bars the use of religious books as oath objects. Nothing. If the oathtaker said something to the effect that he/she would follow the Bible and not the US/State constitution, THEN you would have a test....and an argument. As things stand now, you have neither. | But swearing an oath on the Bible presumes that one accepts it as authoritative or at least of a certain value. It's no different than swearing on the grave of one's mother.
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