(MSN Now) Kyrsten Sinema was sworn into Congress Monday, but with a twist: She didn’t swear on a Bible.
The newly elected representative for Arizona’s 9th district swore her oath of office on a copy of the Constitution instead.
Sinema refuses to confirm she is an atheist, as many believe, saying merely that she is “not a member of a faith community” and that all Americans deserve both “freedom of religion and freedom from religion.”
Keith Ellison of Minnesota also bucked the Bible trend in 2007 when he decided, as the first Muslim elected a member of the House, to swear on Thomas Jefferson’s personal copy of the Quran. [Source]
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