I once caused a judge to do that gavel bang “order in the court” thing because I refused to swear in on a Bible and instead insisted on a copy of “The Origin of Species” and a couple of people started talking in the (admittedly nearly empty) courtroom. It wasn’t some massive riot where people are calling for me to be tossed in jail, just some whispers that irritated the judge.
But it counts!
My own mother even commented I should have just used the Bible like everyone else and stop making things about how I don’t believe in God, and that my testimony shouldn’t have been allowed because it wasnt on a Bible. This was a court hearing involving my sister and her ex, and I was supporting my sister as a witness, and our mother was saying it should be thrown out because it wasn’t sworn on the Bible.
I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before the federal government tried to make it so you have to swear to trump on a gold copy of his Bible and anything else is either nullified or straight up illegal.
I once caused a judge to do that gavel bang “order in the court” thing because I refused to swear in on a Bible and instead insisted on a copy of “The Origin of Species” and a couple of people started talking in the (admittedly nearly empty) courtroom. It wasn’t some massive riot where people are calling for me to be tossed in jail, just some whispers that irritated the judge.
But it counts!
My own mother even commented I should have just used the Bible like everyone else and stop making things about how I don’t believe in God, and that my testimony shouldn’t have been allowed because it wasnt on a Bible. This was a court hearing involving my sister and her ex, and I was supporting my sister as a witness, and our mother was saying it should be thrown out because it wasn’t sworn on the Bible.
I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before the federal government tried to make it so you have to swear to trump on a gold copy of his Bible and anything else is either nullified or straight up illegal.