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England to drop swearing on bible in court.

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England to drop swearing on bible in court.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court.
October 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm
It would be symbolically silly to symbolically balance the weight of an oath on something the oath taker would regard as very light indeed, as an atheist the bible.
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RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Tiberius - October 19, 2013 at 12:25 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by StuW - October 19, 2013 at 12:31 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by DLJ - October 19, 2013 at 12:36 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Thor - October 19, 2013 at 1:43 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Anomalocaris - October 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by genkaus - October 20, 2013 at 4:01 am
RE: England to drop swearing on bible in court. - by Cato - October 20, 2013 at 9:59 am

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