‘So help me, God,’ as an unofficial element of his promise.” Bruce Catton, the famous Civil War historian, solidified this “new” tradition in January 1957, just in time for Dwight ...

“Upon condition of my speaking the truth, or performing this promise, may God help me, and not otherwise.” So why was this ubiquitous phrase omitted from the Constitution? The answer is the ...

The Stephen Losey (Air Force Times) reports (see also the American Humanist Association’s letter to the Air Force Inspector General): An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was ...

But four words were missing: “So help me God.” In the House of Representatives, to the winner go the spoils, and Democrats, the new decision makers, control everything, including what ...

And then he will probably add the phrase "so help me God." Those four little words are not in the Constitution, but for many ...

Air Force drops requirement to use ‘So help me God’ in oaths U.S. military service members take an oath at a mass reenlistment ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 4, 2008. (Marko Drobnjakovic ...

An atheist airman who must take are-enlistment oath concluding "so help me God"or end his Air Force career would have better luck enlisting in the Army or Navy, which allow soldiers and sailors to ...

"Upon condition of my speaking the truth, or performing this promise, may God help me, and not otherwise." So why was this ubiquitous phrase omitted from the Constitution? The answer is the ...