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LINK Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Involving “So Help Me God” in Citizenship Oath | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

The Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America — the oath you take when you become a new citizen — will continue ending with the words “so help me God,” after an unsuccessful legal challenge to its constitutionality.

Earlier today, the Supreme Court denied hearing the case, leaving in place a 2018 decision that said the phrase was fine.

snytiger6 9 Nov 9
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I hate it when people use "tradition" as an excuse for things being okay and normalized. Just because you've been doing something a certain way for a long time doesn't mean it's right.

I would guess the value of US citizenship is worth any hollow words, ya gotta cops knee on your back don't matter who or what you say

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Hear no evil. But their time will come.

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I am inclined to think that atheists and agnostics would just say the words anyway to be granted citizenship. I wonder how many religious people would denounce God if that were the criteria required for citizenship....

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So help me Odin

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