On January 20, 2009, President Barack Obama chose this same Bible for his historic inauguration ceremony. Inside the weird world of antichrist watchers, there is nothing that Obama could possibly do to convince them that he was a good man, for it is prophesied that the antichrist will be a man of eloquence who promises and possibly brings about world peace – before he reveals his real nature. The ceremony was witnessed by Clerk of the Supreme Court, William Thomas Carroll, who recorded the occasion in the back of this Bible. One of John McCain's most notorious ads played to this demographic, and the need for magical reassurance that they will feel as times get harder is not going to go away. The people who believe that Obama is the prophesied antichrist were already convinced that he was a Muslim and took his Senate oath on the Qur'an. RM D3H5XXUS Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to President Barack Obama during the inaugural swearing-in ceremony at. None of this will matter to the lunatic fringe, of course. By Angie Drobnic Holan DecemObama sworn in on his Bible An anonymous e-mail says Barack Obama took the oath of office for the U.S. George Washington, at his second inauguration, did not mention God at all in his speech, the only president ever not to do so it was only 135 words long in all, another precedent which didn't catch on. Lyndon Johnson, hastily sworn in on the plane that was flying him back to Washington after Kennedy's assassination, apparently used a Roman Catholic missal, since no Bible could be found on the plane.
Senate on a Koran, the holy book of Islam. Nixon, though nominally a Quaker, swore on two Bibles with entirely characteristic duplicity when he was sworn in in 1969 but Franklin Pierce, in 1853, affirmed the oath without swearing at all and there is no record of a Bible being used. By Angie Drobnic Holan DecemObama sworn in on his Bible An anonymous e-mail says Barack Obama took the oath of office for the U.S.
the second oath-taking to authenticate Barack Obama's presidency, there was no Bible. His wife Claudia, known better as Lady Bird, held the Bible, a job previously managed by the high court’s clerk.ġ3 reasons to follow the inauguration on CNN’s platforms and nowhere elseĬNN’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.What the constitution demands is that the president swear or affirm the oath a provision inserted because Quakers and, I believe, some other sects would not swear oaths at all, believing that the Bible prohibited it and that their ordinary standards of truth-telling should be high enough to ensure they always kept their word. There was the perceived need by Obama to be sworn in a second time. Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 swearing-in marked a change from tradition. The high court ultimately rejected the lawsuit two years ago, and no such legal challenges are expected this time. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. Newdow, along with several non-religious groups, argued the words violate the constitutional ban on government “endorsement” of religion. FILE PHOTO: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th President of the United States as his wife Jill Biden holds a bible on the West Front of the U.S. The Constitution lays out the exact language to be used in the oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”įour years ago, a California atheist, Michael Newdow, objected and went to federal court to prevent Chief Justice John Roberts from prompting the president-elect to repeat the “so help me God phrase.” At his 2009 Inauguration, President Obama became the first president to be sworn in on the Lincoln Bible since President Abraham. Obama took the oath with the same Lincoln Bible in 2009 when he made history as the first African-American president. Lynch was sworn in using a bible once belonging to abolitionist.
At Monday’s ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol, he will use Bibles from Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. Tue 10.
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