Fox News reports that the Freedom from Religion Foundation and famous atheist Michael Newdow are suing to get "so help me God" out of the Presidential oath of office.
Both they and the Fox reporter show themselves ignorant of the Constitution.
It's not in there.
Go read the Constitution for yourself.
Neither is the requirement to swear on a Bible or other book.
Washington chose to add the phrase, and use a Bible, at his inaugural and the two actions have become traditional since.
Nothing is stopping President Obama from ditching one or both as it is, though.
That said, Peter Sprig of the Family Research Council is full of bullshit when he claims a successful suit would establish atheism as a national religion.
Atheism is NOT a religion. As a cyberfriend of mine notes, in an online aphorism, "Calling atheism a religion is like saying NOT collecting stamps is a hobby."
Or, per another truism, from before the Internet: "Atheists and Christians are alike, except that we disbelieve in one more god than all the gods you disbelieve, such as Zeus, Allah, Odin, Ganesh, Krishna, etc."
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