An LGBTQ+ pastor insists that the Christian right gets it wrong, arguing that the Bible is a queer-friendly text.

The Constitution Is America’s Bible You can’t understand our profoundly unique relationship to our founding text without understanding this. By Dahlia Lithwick. May 08, 2024 5:43 AM.

No, the U.S. Constitution does not require a Bible for the presidential oath. The Constitution only mandates the taking of an oath, with no mention of a religious text.

President Trump didn't place his hand on a Bible when he took his oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025. ... The Constitution does not specify how this oath should be administered, ...

It is because of this academic and professional experience as a Catholic theologian that I am absolutely certain that swearing in witnesses on the Christian Bible, the Jewish Torah, the Muslim ...

A good indication on how church-state issues will play out in Donald Trump’s second presidential term can be found in his shameless hawking of an “Inauguration Day Bible,” part of a merch ...

U.S. President Donald Trump took his oath of office on Monday with his right hand raised, but without placing his left hand on the two Bibles that his wife Melania held as she stood by his side.

The State of Oklahoma is requiring that the Bible be taught in its schools. This is a clear violation of the Constitution of the United States. My church interprets the Bible for our members ...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema swore her oath of office using a law book rather than a Bible, while Sen. Martha McSally, used a Bible from the U.S.S. Arizona.

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that while academic lessons on the Bible are permissible, devotional readings in public schools violate the establishment clause in the First Amendment, which ...

President Trump took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, without his hand on his Bible. However, the Constitution doesn’t specify that a Bible must be used—simply ...

Video and photos show that Trump recited the oath from Roberts without placing his hand on the Lincoln Bible, first used to swear in the 16th U.S. president, and a Bible his mother gave him in 1955.