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Court Orders ‘God’ Into Oath [link]

by Scrvpvlvs
Jul 1, 2004 5:02 PM– A new pissing contest, this time in North Carolina, where the state Supreme Court has ruled that District Judge James M. Honeycutt (i) must include the phrase so help you God when administering oaths to witnesses and (ii) must allow bailiffs to proclaim God save the state and this honorable court. Judge Honeycutt revised the proclamation and the oath out of respect for the increasing number of non-Christians and people of diverse beliefs served by the court system.

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