12-01-2008, 12:26 AM
Another point to ponder....theoretical, of course; if a presidential candidate takes the oath of office holding a different set of religeous values than the writers of the Constitution had in mind for an American President (or none at all) when they created the oath (and make no mistake; the Founding Fathers of this country were Bible-carrying men); the question I then pose is; given then; the candidate having no like philosophical persuasion religeous or otherwise; is that candidate then duly sworn upon the completion of the ceremony or is the ceremony deemed hollow and illegal; assuming the word SOLEMN is then believed to be unworthy of such a candidate to hold in the proper valid and respected esteem? After all; one could argue that is exactly the situation the last impeached president found himself in after the fact...whether he would or would not admit to it.