Atheist immigrant demands to remove the mention of God from the oath when obtaining US citizenship
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A French immigrant and atheist who lives in Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against the US government, arguing that the phrase "God help me so", which is spelled in oath to obtain American citizenship, violates the statutory article of the US Constitution. Reports about it The Christian Post.
“By its very nature, an oath that ends with ‘so help me God’ asserts that God exists,” the lawsuit states. “Accordingly, the current oath violates the first 10 words of the Bill of Rights and engages in a ceremony that violates this key part of the United States Constitution that does not support or defend the Constitution as a requirement of the oath.”
Olga Paule Perier-Bilbo, who filed a lawsuit, claims that the oath prohibits her from becoming an American citizen because she violates her religious beliefs or their absence.
Perier-Bilbo filed a lawsuit, despite the fact that she was given the opportunity to use an alternative phrase at the ceremony of obtaining citizenship. She argues that "God help me so" should not be included in the oath of US citizenship at all.
Erwin Chemerinsky, who is an expert on the first amendment and a dean at the School of Law in Berkeley, said that it was unlikely that the Perrier-Bilbo lawsuit could be satisfied.
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