미국의 대통령당 취임선서

성서 위에 손을 얹고 선서하는 것은 미국의 전통과 하나님의 메시지​를 전하는 사명을 다 하겠다는 것.

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Question - "You’re not required to take an oath on any particular object. Requiring an elected official to take oath upon a religious text would infringe upon and undermine our secular government.

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The Constitution explicitly states this in Article VI:

"... No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."​

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테디-루즈벨트와 존-퀸시 아담즈 대통령은 취임선서시 성경을 사용하지 않았다고 한다.​

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아담즈 대통령은 대단히 종교적인 사람이었으나 그는 성경위에 손을 올리는 대신에 미국의 헌법의 사본에 손을 올리고 아래 사진과 같은 선언문을 복창했다고 한다.

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아담즈의 선택은 다른 대통령들보다 훨씬 합리적이다.

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왜냐하면 공직 선언의 내용 자체가 미국의 헌법의 수호를 미대통령의 최고의 의무로 단언하기 때문이다.

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그럼에도 불구하고, 명백하게 연방 헌법을 위반하는 8개의 주가 있다. 이들 8개의 주는 메릴랜드, 아칸사스, 미시시피, 노스 캐롤라이나, 펜실바니아, 사우스 캐롤라이나, 테네시, 텍사스 주다. 이들 여덟개의 주는 기독교 신자가 아닌자는 공직에 임명되지 않으며 일부 주(state)에서는 법정에서 증인으로 나설 수 조차 없다. 이것은 명백하게 Pro- christianity조항이 아닐 수 없다.​

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Here are the states and what their constitutions say about belief in a supreme being:(각주의 헌법이 연방헌법에 저촉돼도 상충되는 주-헌법이 제정될 수 있다)​

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Arkansas

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Article 19, section 1: “No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.”

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Maryland

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Article 37: “That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution.”

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Mississippi

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Article 14, section 265: “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this State.”

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North Carolina

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Article VI, section 8: “The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.”

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Pennsylvania

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Article 1, section 4: “No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.”

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Note: Pennsylvania differs from the other states in that it says believers cannot be disqualified from holding office for his or her religious sentiments, but that is not extended to atheists.

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South Carolina

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Article XVII, section 4: “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution.”

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Tennessee

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Article IX, section 2: “No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishment, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.”

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Note: Ministers are also barred from holding office, because they “ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions; therefore, no minister of the Gospel, or priest of any denomination whatever, shall be eligible to a seat in either House of the Legislature,” according to article IX, section 1.

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Texas

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Article 1, section 4: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.”

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