Talk:Oath of office
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[edit] NPOV
This is practically an identical copy of the linked page, and is hideously NPOV anyway ('moving'?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.168.71.229 (talk • contribs)
[edit] Merge with President of the United States oath of office
These pages repeat each other; I think the United States section of Oath of office should be merged with President of the United States oath of office. Philip Stevens 10:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Merge, BUT!, I think that President of the United States oath of office should become a redirect to oath of office. (I have put a copy of this discussion on the other page) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.110.168 (talk • contribs) 10:42, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Leave evrik 14:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] So help me God
The claim that "it has been conventional for Presidents to add "so help me God" at the end of the oath. George Washington did this at his inauguration in 1789." is false. GW did not append shmG in either his 1st or 2nd inauguration, nor did John Adams, and there is reason to believe no president did until Chester Arthur. See http://www.nonbeliever.org/commentary/shmG.html -—Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.216.11.5 (talk • contribs)
- The Architect of the Capitol would disagree with you.
- April 30, 1789 - http://www.aoc.gov/aoc/inaugural/inaug_fact.cfm
- --evrik 01:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
The Architect of the Capital, despite repeated requests, has never produced a first hand account that substantiates GW appended shmG. That they refuse to either produce such a citation or withdraw the claim reflects poorly on them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.249.21.234 (talk • contribs)
The author's own citation for the US Congressional and Presidential oath of office contradicts his claim that the text of the oath does not include the words "so help me God". The citation points to US code title 5, para. 3331:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00003331----000-.html
which text clearly includes the words "so help me God", current as of Jan. 2, 2006. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.225.221.27 (talk) 16:26, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
