To: sasafras
"I wonder if they testify to tell the truth in Colorado if they use a bible or say so help you God. Men in black taking away our rights."
I have wondered the same thing. If they do use a Bible for an oath, it seems rather foolish to exclude it from a jury. However, I don't think anyone swears on a Bible or takes an oath "so help me God" anymore. Sounds to politically incorrect for a "modern" court of law.
216 posted on
03/29/2005 7:56:37 AM PST by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: Sola Veritas; sasafras
However, I don't think anyone swears on a Bible or takes an oath "so help me God" anymore. Sounds to politically incorrect for a "modern" court of law. Nobody is required to swear on a Bible anymore. Requiring people to do so would violate their 1st Amendment rights.
229 posted on
03/29/2005 9:41:20 AM PST by
Modernman
("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
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