Ron Davies commented:

I think a good argument can be made that even if Obama himself was not a strong believing Christian--even if he were an agnostic--he would not ask to have "so help me God" dropped from the inaugural oath.

Ron, it's not a question of having "so help me God" dropped; it was not there in the first place. The Constitution ways, in effect, "This is what you must say", and doesn't include "So help me God." But it doesn't say that the new officeholder can't add that if he wants to, either.

Your point about the diplomacy of the thing is well taken, but I believe that Obama is personally so oriented that he would want to say it.


Dave Oesterreich