Atheist Leader of Leftist Labour Declines to Take Oath Swearing Allegiance to King Before God
The atheist leader of Britain’s leftist Labour Party declined to take an oath swearing allegiance before God to King Charles III.
The atheist leader of Britain’s leftist Labour Party declined to take an oath swearing allegiance before God to King Charles III.
More than half of Hong Kong’s 452 district councilors have quit in recent days to protest a newly required “loyalty” oath to Beijing that pro-China forces within Hong Kong’s government have imposed on the directly elected public officials, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported Friday.
According to Jason Calvi, EWTN’s Capitol Hill correspondent, Arizona Democrat Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who chairs the committee, said the draft that would have eliminated the phrase and reference to God was “a mistake.”
A draft of a new committee rules package expected to be approved this week would strike the phrase, “So help me God,” from the oath witnesses take when they testify before the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Recently discovered tweets from the front page editor of the Verizon-owned news outlet the Huffington Post feature anti-semitic, homophobic and anti-police sentiments.