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NeoGreen

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Fri Jan 4, 2019, 09:19 AM Jan 2019

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Took Her Oath of Office on a Lawbook, Not the Bible

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/03/sen-kyrsten-sinema-took-her-oath-of-office-on-a-lawbook-not-the-bible/




Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Took Her Oath of Office on a Lawbook, Not the Bible
By Hemant Mehta, January 3, 2019

When Democrat Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona was sworn into the U.S. Senate today, she placed her left hand on an Arizona “lawbook” (to use Getty’s terminology) instead of the Bible. It’s precisely what you’d expect from the only officially “Unaffiliated” member of the new Congress.

I imagine Vice President Mike Pence, who administered the oath, died a little on the inside.

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To be sure, Sinema isn’t an open atheist, and there were a lot of books other than the Bible this year for newly elected members of Congress. But it’s still nice to see a government official show people that her allegiance is to our country and our laws, not a holy book or the Ten Commandments. Sinema did the same thing in 2013 when she was first sworn into Congress.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Took Her Oath of Office on a Lawbook, Not the Bible (Original Post) NeoGreen Jan 2019 OP
A good start. IMO people ought to be sworn in on a copy of the US Constitution. apcalc Jan 2019 #1
Agree! mountain grammy Jan 2019 #2
Plus she's one of them bye sexieals. progressoid Jan 2019 #3

progressoid

(50,747 posts)
3. Plus she's one of them bye sexieals.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:56 PM
Jan 2019

I wonder if "mother" was in the hallway waiting to calm his nerves after having to interact with such a prevert.
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