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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:46 PM Original message |
"so help me god"?? separation of church and state, anyone?? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. did you ever consider SHE might believe? and that portion of HER oath |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. she was repeating, word in word, after Roberts. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. i would bet dollars to doughnuts that SHE had all the choice there |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "I imagine if she wanted to go without it, she could have." - unfortunately, she could NOT have. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. there are atheist in congress who avoid the 'so help me god' |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Are your sure she legally can't skip it word - my understanding is it was her call |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. If there is God, I hope she helps Justice Sotomayor. (nt) |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. so do i. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. If one is a believer, then what does it hurt, really? If a non believer, |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Separation of church and state is DESPERATELY needed in this country! nt |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. and THIS is NOT an example of where it is a problem n/t |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I totally agree with you. It sucks that to make an issue of it, even to ask to have it left out, if |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Its actually pretty separate just as demanded in the constitution |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. How is it "pretty separate?" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Oh awesome! Everything else in the country is absolutely perfect! |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. lol! dearest Boo in Blue, your post makes absolutely no sense in relation to the op. nt |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. It was HER choice |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. "It was HER choice" - prove it. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. nah you just wanted to make a little stink...congrats |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. lol, very effective riposte. |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I am with you on this even though the "righteous" among us on DU are not! |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. Can't I swear by the most important thing I can personally swear by? - |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. you could swear on the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language if you wanted... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'm not sure. If I ever got appointed to the Supreme Court, could I swear on Sigourney Weaver? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. You are well within you rights to be irked by this. I'm within my rights not to be. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. "I feel the same way about people who use the nonword "irregardless."" - or, "anyways"!! |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't think anyone should have to put their hand on a Bible because they are forced. |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. It doesn't acknowledge any particular religion, |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. Maybe's she's a Catholic that believes in God |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Blame General Washington for that one. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. That may be a genie that will not go quietly back into the bottle.. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. She, like every other citizen, has the choice of "affirming." Some religions forbid oaths, too... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. The line, "so help me God," doesn't need to be said |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
34. I agree |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. high school football starts in three weeks |
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seeviewonder (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. As a matter of fact, I would love to see you do that. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. Still she stays on with a love of some kind / It's the lady's choice / |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's up to the person being sworn in. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
39. I hate it but |
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