Ellison Won’t Be First Politician to Forgo Bible in Taking Oath of Office
RNS’s Omar Sacirbey looks at the controversy surrounding newly elected representative Keith Ellison’s decision to take his oath of office on the Quran, the holy book of his Mulsim faith, in this week’s full-text article, linked above.
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Many say prohibiting Ellison from taking his oath on the Quran would violate the constitutional provision that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
