The_Walrus wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Wasn't Thomas Jefferson sworn in on a Quran?
Yes, it's the same Qur'an.
BS.
Jefferson owned a copy of the Koran, and she (the freshman Congresswoman) choose to be sworn in on that particular copy (housed in the Library of Congress) that he owned.
But Jefferson was not sworn into office on his, nor on any, copy of the Koran. He was sworn in on the Bible as normal.
Adams used a book of laws. Teddy Roosevelt didn't use any props. LBJ was sworn in on airforce one in a national emergency because Kennedy was assassinated. They couldn't find a Bible on the plane, but did find a Catholic missal belonging to JFK, so they used that to swear in LBJ. So a few POTUS did not use the Bible, either because of choice, or because of circumstance. But none used the Koran.
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But Jefferson was one of the Founding Fathers who believed that "there should be no test for religion in running for public office" (now a line in the Constitution), and wrote that "the Buddhist, and Mohammedan" should have an equal shot at elected office. So this IS a truly "Jeffersonian moment" in American history that Americans should take pride in.
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