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Will He Or Won't He?
As we all know, the verbatim Presidential Oath Of Office, as found in the Constitution, does not contain the words "So help me God". However, every President since the founding of the nation has added that particular magical chant to the end of the official Oath Of Office.
Barrack Obama's transition website Change.gov, has posted an overview of the inauguration, and guess what? Not one word about "So help me God".
[link] Overview of the Inauguration
The presidential inauguration is the official day that the President of the United States is sworn into office. The purpose of this inauguration is to honor the incoming president with formal ceremonies, including: a Presidential Swearing-in Ceremony, an Inaugural Address, and an Inaugural Parade.
The inauguration will take place on January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C. on the steps of the United States Capitol. President-elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office, which states the following:
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will have already taken a similar oath.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee is in charge of planning and executing the inauguration of our 44th president, Barack Obama. To find more information please visit their website. The Presidential Inaugural Committee is a separate committee from the Obama-Biden Transition Project.
With Pastor Rick tapped by Obama to give the invocation (what the heck is he invoking?), I'd be floored if he didn't add "So help me God" to his Oath. Frankly, with the massive majority of Christians in this country, he does not have much choice if he wants to be an effective President.
I guess we'll see.
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Not only *will* he...
...but they are probably already getting complaints that "so help me God" is not included in the Change.gov snippet.
Yeah, he'll do it
Despite what the wingnuts say about him, he is a Christian. He does appear to believe all that goddy stuff. It doesn't seem to have had too negative an effect on him so far though. His god appears to be telling him to get to work and solve problems instead of praying about them.