Guess who's American now?

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Originally Posted by NYCSTRIPES

Just as a matter of curiousity really for me, since you brought up this part, since I think you said that your brother is serving with the US Marines, I am wondering if he had the same problem with the "So Help Me God" portion of his oath?

My brother and I are not the same. We have different opinions, experiences, educations, hobbies, friends...etc. So I can not say if he "had a problem" with it in the same regard that I do. I do know that he did not say god, he just said "so help me.", which I believe it should be, regardless if we have the same objections or not. Your religious beliefs should have no bearing on your civic duty, you are a solider of the constitution, not a solider of the church you belong to and you must not blur the two. You should only need to be backed by your word as a decent person, not by who you gave it to.