Thread: New citizens can skip pledge to take up arms and defend the US

Feds: New citizens can skip pledge to take up arms and defend the US


By Pete Kasperowicz
Published July 21, 2015

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday said it will no longer require incoming U.S. citizens to pledge that they will "bear arms on behalf of the United States" or "perform noncombatant service" in the Armed Forces as part of the naturalization process.

Those lines are in the Oath of Allegiance that people recite as they become U.S. citizens. But USCIS said people "may" be able to exclude those phrases for reasons related to religion or if they have a conscientious objection.

USCIS said people with certain religious training or with a "deeply held moral or ethical code" may not have to say the phrases as they are naturalized.

The agency said people don't have to belong to a specific church or religion to use this exemption, and may attest to U.S. officials administering the oath that they have these beliefs.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015...cmp=latestnews

Congratulations majority party! More proof that one man in the White House can start fires faster than 535 people in Congress can put them out. That could have been prevented or curtailed by impeachment proceedings. The proud majority fighting one of their own candidates who wants to see America get some things corrected. What is it now, 16 candidates to one. Should the one win, that will be sorely embarrassing to the RNC.