Every elected official in these United States of America is required to swear an oath or affirmation to uphold the Constitution, as is every Marshal, Sheriff, Deputy and other law enforcement agent.

Any Plaintiff, Defendant or witness appearing before any public Magistrate, Judge, Justice of the Peace or Clerk of any Court in this land must also swear to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

The provision for such an oath is found under Article VI, Section 1. Clause 3. of the Constitution, and states:


“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public trust under the United States.”


Whenever, in being sworn to testify, the mention of any deity is included as a requisite to such an oath or affirmation, the oath or affirmation is rendered invalid by means of having violated this Clause. If “so help me Apollo” is an addendum to the oath or affirmation, it is not binding upon whomever makes such a pledge.

The same is so if the name of the imaginary supernatural being is from the Greek, Roman, or Norse pantheon of mythology, or from monotheistic cults such as judaism, christianity or islam. Indeed, the name or even title of any divine, supernatural or otherwise imaginary being cannot be found anywhere in the United States Constitution, other than to “secure the Blessings of [the Roman Goddess] Liberty” in the Preamble.

The word “religion” is, however, mentioned twice in that document. The Clause prohibiting it cited above is the first instance; the second and final time is in the First Amendment, forbidding Congress from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

The inclusion of any such phrase as “so help me [any] god(dess) [other than Liberty]” is not only a violation of the Constitution, but an insult to the brave and wise men who put so much thought and insight into composing such an eloquent document and fighting a long and brutal revolution to overthrow an oppressive faith-based government in order to implement it.

Whenever a newly elected public official or an illiterate town drunk called to testify at trial is sworn to an oath, “under god,” neither of them are bound in any way to tell the truth, to uphold the Constitution, or to adhere to any such oath in any way.

The illegality of oaths sworn with the inclusion of any religious phrase makes violations of the Constitution - and evasion of the truth - easy for perjurous officials and frees those so sworn to violate the Constitution.