From: spbach@lerc.nasa.gov (James Felder) Subject: Re: "So help you God" in court? Organization: NASA Lewis Resaerch Center Lines: 35 Distribution: world Reply-To: spbach@lerc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: hopper3.lerc.nasa.gov In article 013423TAN102@psuvm.psu.edu, Andrew Newell writes: ->In article <1993Apr9.151914.1885@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>, mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu ->(Mark McCullough) says: ->> ->>In article monack@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (david ->>n->>monack) writes: ->>>Another issue is that by having to request to not be required to ->>>recite the "so help me God" part of the oath, a theistic jury may be ->>>prejudiced against your testimony even though atheism is probably not ->>>at all relevant to the case. ->>> ->>>What is the recommended procedure for requesting an alternate oath or ->>>affirmation? ->>> ->>>Dave Sorry for using a follow-up to respond, but my server dropped about a weeks worth of news when it couldn't keep up. When the you are asked to swear "So help you god" and you have to say it, ask which one; Jesus, Allah, Vishnu, Zues, Odin. Get them to be specific. Don't be obnoxious, just humbly ask, then quitely sit back and watch the fun. --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- James L. Felder | Sverdrup Technology,Inc. | phone: 216-891-4019 NASA Lewis Research Center | Cleveland, Ohio 44135 | email: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov "Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, other people gargle" -----------------------------------------------------------------------------