Obama Alters U.S. Oath of Allegiance to Comply with Islamic Law
6th August 2015
On July 21, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced some “modifications” to the Oath of Allegiance that immigrants must take before becoming naturalized. The original oath required incoming citizens to declare that they will “bear arms on behalf of the United States” and “perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States” when required by the law. Now the USCIS says that “a candidate [to U.S. citizenship] may be eligible to exclude these two clauses based on religious training and belief or a conscientious objection.”
The new changes further add that new candidates “may be eligible for [additional?] modifications based on religious training and belief, or conscientious objection arising from a deeply held moral or ethical code.”
Unless you’re a Christian, of course.
Question: If Barack Obama were secretly a Muslim, what (if anythong) would he do differently?
August 7th, 2015 at 09:24
How does this modification based on “religious training and belief” or arising from a “deeply held moral or ethical code” differ from the recent movement to legitimize discrimination against gays by “faith-based” organizations that are publicly funded? (We’ll leave aside the discussion as to whether any “faith-based” organization should recieve public money.)
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.