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FourScore

(9,704 posts)
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 11:33 PM Mar 2012

Senator, when you took the oath of office...

THIS IS FLOATING AROUND FACEBOOK:

On Wednesday, March 1, 2006, at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at American University, was requested to testify. At the end of his testimony, Republican State Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"
Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible." The room erupted into applause.


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Senator, when you took the oath of office... (Original Post) FourScore Mar 2012 OP
This should go viral longship Mar 2012 #1

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. This should go viral
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:06 AM
Mar 2012

Regrettably, it probably won't. That makes me very sad. That evil Senator Nancy Jacobs is a disgrace to the US Senate.

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