![ryanoshea: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, first Congressperson to officially describe her religion as “none,” is sworn in not on the Bible, but on the document she’s actually supposed to be protecting and upholding—the Constitution. Edit: She’s also the first openly bisexual Congressperson. (via eyesdriftskyward)
[Fun fact: James Madison remains the only president to take his oath of office on a book of laws, rather than the Bible.]
Kyrsten Sinema’s wonderful, but that “fun fact” is super wrong. According to his letters, John Quincy Adams was sworn in with his hand on a constitutional law volume. There is actually no concrete evidence that a Bible was used to swear in Presidents John Adams through John Tyler. And in the hasty oaths of office following the assassinations of the presidents they succeeded, Theodore Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson were not sworn in on Bibles, either (Johnson was sworn in on a Catholic missal from Kennedy’s bedroom in Air Force One).
In fact, after President Obama’s messy first oath of office, the 25-second do-over in the Map Room included no Bible.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b6d207f93f713ae83b241cad01ce0a4/tumblr_mgc1ancffa1qbxlcko1_500.jpg)
ryanoshea: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, first Congressperson to officially describe her religion as “none,” is sworn in not on the Bible, but on the document she’s actually supposed to be protecting and upholding—the Constitution. Edit: She’s also the first openly bisexual Congressperson. (via eyesdriftskyward)
[Fun fact: James Madison remains the only president to take his oath of office on a book of laws, rather than the Bible.]
Kyrsten Sinema’s wonderful, but that “fun fact” is super wrong. According to his letters, John Quincy Adams was sworn in with his hand on a constitutional law volume. There is actually no concrete evidence that a Bible was used to swear in Presidents John Adams through John Tyler. And in the hasty oaths of office following the assassinations of the presidents they succeeded, Theodore Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson were not sworn in on Bibles, either (Johnson was sworn in on a Catholic missal from Kennedy’s bedroom in Air Force One).
In fact, after President Obama’s messy first oath of office, the 25-second do-over in the Map Room included no Bible.
(via apsies)
