In 1956 I swore an oath to God and Country to defend the United States Constitution. As a young Christian who also learned the history of our country in a college prep high school. Although I didn’t learn the bad struggles the country had until later, I believed I was putting my life between the evil world and my fellow citizens to defend them and the Constitution from tyranny. Although I never saw action even though I served for two years active duty in the Navy aboard a Destroyer. Our flotilla guarded the Shark as it went under the ice and was ready to go to Lebanon during the crisis there. No man aboard ship was hesitating either possibility. Our oath was absolute.
The oath taken by members of our government is no less sacred that the oath swore by every military member swears today. I don’t know if all government workers have to swear or affirm the oath, but if they don’t they should.
Our Supreme Court says one doesn’t have to swear, “so help me God”, but if one can’t swear by something sacred to them, they should not be allowed in the government position they are seeking. Again we tend to drift away from the idea behind the Constitution.
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