A bill is coming up in the north carolina general assembly that would allow people in north carolina courts to swear oaths by "the bible or any other text sacred to that person's religious faith"
Anyway, the local conservative talk radio show host here in the afternoons (WPTF Raleigh) seemed to think that this was a bad thing, because swearing on the bible is tradition and it's been that way for a long time. Personally, I think you should be allowed to swear by any book you choose - or by no book at all, for the non-religious types out there. Pinky swear on your mother's grave. Whatever. I'd rather see a jewish person swear on the Torah, or a muslim person swear on the koran. Some christians might choose not to swear on the bible, because they seem to believe the bible says you shouldn't ever take oaths. (I don't agree) For that matter, if some schmuck decides to swear his or her oath on "Who Stole My Cheese", or "The Far Side Anthology" or "The Anarchist's Cookbook" (uh oh, I've just been put on a government watch list), so be it! Yes, it's a tradition. So was slavery. -- I'm not certified, but I have been told that I'm certifiable... Visit http://www.opensourcecf.com today! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227297 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
