{"id":9113,"date":"2007-05-25T18:50:01","date_gmt":"2007-05-26T01:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=9113"},"modified":"2007-05-25T18:50:01","modified_gmt":"2007-05-26T01:50:01","slug":"a-wake-county-nc-judge-ruled-thursday-that-any-religious-text-can-be-used-to-swear-in-a-witness-or-juror-in-the-states-courtrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=9113","title":{"rendered":"“A Wake County [N.C.] judge ruled Thursday that any religious text can be used to swear in a witness or juror in the state’s courtrooms”"},"content":{"rendered":"

From FOXNews<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The American Civil Liberties Union argued a law that some judges said required the state’s courts to use the Bible alone is unconstitutional because it favors Christianity over other religions.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe ACLU sought a court order clarifying that the law is broad enough to allow the use of multiple religious texts, or else declare the statute unconstitutional.\n<\/p>\n

\nWake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled that a witness or juror can take a court oath using a text “most sacred and obligatory upon their conscience,” citing common law and precedent of the state Supreme Court.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe judge didn’t declare the law unconstitutional or rule on whether the term “Holy Scriptures” could be reasonably interpreted to mean any sacred text other than the Bible. But the ACLU still considered the ruling favorable.\n<\/p>\n

\n“As of today all people can use the holy text of their choice,” said Seth Cohen, an ACLU attorney who argued the case. “We think it’s a great victory.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nIndeed it is!  For instance, the next time I’m testifying in North Carolina, I will insist upon being sworn in on a McDonald’s value menu—the Bible of the secular, thrifty Jew.\n<\/p>\n

\nAnd, in the unlikely event Al Gore is ever called to testify in North Carolina, he’ll be free to swear on a patch of sod, or—in a pinch, a carbon offset. \n<\/p>\n

\nWhich, come to think of it, is every bit as invisible as the God of Abraham.\n<\/p>\n

\nIt’s like the FAIRNESS doctrine for “religion.” And there’s not a whole lot wrong with that—even if by, say, swearing on a Koran<\/i>, the witness or juror is committed to swearing to kill any Jew he finds hiding behind a tree, or tossing a sack over the head of any female court member who dares show her face.\n<\/p>\n

\nI kid the Muslims, of course.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhat?  CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?\n<\/p>\n

\n(h\/t<\/a> Hot Air)\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From FOXNews: The American Civil Liberties Union argued a law that some judges said required the state’s courts to use the Bible alone is unconstitutional because it favors Christianity over other religions. The ACLU sought a court order clarifying that the law is broad enough to allow the use of multiple religious texts, or else declare the statute unconstitutional. Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled that a witness<\/p>\n

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