Half of the New Canadian Cabinet Members Chose to Skip “So Help Me God” in Their Oath

Tecumsehsbones

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Well Justin DID say, '"So help me God". And so did quite a few others.
What difference does it really make? If a person is honest and sincere, he/she will take the oath seriously; if not it wouldn't matter what he/she said or didn't say, he/she would disregard the oath once in office.

No difference at all. The record for honesty among those who add "so help me god" to their promises is not noticeably different from that of those who don't. But it gives Boomster and the Butthurt Brigade something to squeal about.
 

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Well Justin DID say, '"So help me God". And so did quite a few others.
What difference does it really make? If a person is honest and sincere, he/she will take the oath seriously; if not it wouldn't matter what he/she said or didn't say, he/she would disregard the oath once in office.

Justin is RC
 

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Justin is RC
Which is why he can embrace a misogynist religion like Islam, while pretending to be a feminist.

On that note. You should have seen the "feminists" go off at another site I haunt, when I asked.

"How do you feminists reconcile with the fact that JT sat and commiserated with Muslims, in a segregated mosque, proclaiming to be one with them. While claiming to be a feminist?"

Only one post out 500 actually addressed my question. And even then it was a failed attempt. She claimed she didn't see a problem because not all Muslims are misogynists.

Good times, good times, lol. The next 4 years are going to be entertaining, lol.
 

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Trudeau will float for a while. And then sink.. water logged, inert, drifting, ineffective.

His gender balanced cabinet will soon be at each others throats.. without any tangible vision or leadership provided by Justin.

It won't be able to cobble a consensus together on anything because it is an assemblage of unknitted individual agendas.. themselves without any sense of moral or cultural roots.

The Liberals could survive and thrive in a prosperous, cohesive society Canada prior to the 1970s. It cannot in the culturally fragmenting, economically disassembling, post structural society it has become.

I give them 3 years. After 1 they won't be able to get anything done.
 

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Trudeau will float for a while. And then sink.. water logged, inert, drifting, ineffective.

His gender balanced cabinet will soon be at each others throats.. without any tangible vision or leadership provided by Justin. It won't be able to cobble a consensus on anything because it is an assemblage of unintegrated individual agendas.. themselves without any sense of moral or cultural roots. The Liberals could survive and thrive in a prosperous, cohesive society Canada prior to the 1970s. It cannot in the fragmenting, post structural society it has become.



Since 1970, the Libs have held the reigns of power for 26 years while the Conservatives have for 19 years. You sure you don't want to rethink (or just think) your above statement?
 

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Half of the New Canadian Cabinet Members Chose to Skip “So Help Me God” in Their Oaths of Office

Yesterday, as new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was sworn in, a lot of attention went to the makeup of his 31-member cabinet. When asked why he felt it was so important to have a gender-balanced cabinet, Trudeau answered very bluntly, “Because it’s 2015.”Half of the New Canadian Cabinet Members Chose to Skip “So Help Me God” in Their Oaths of Office
So what? Not everyone is a Christian, Muslim, or Jew.
And "god" is a general term anyways; there have been thousands of gods and goddesses over the years.

Who needs God when you have Justine.
Really.
After all, he is the Sunshine Superman.
"A-you you you can just sit there while thinking on your velvet throne
'Bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own"

Trudeau will float for a while. And then sink.. water logged, inert, drifting, ineffective.

His gender balanced cabinet will soon be at each others throats.. without any tangible vision or leadership provided by Justin.

It won't be able to cobble a consensus together on anything because it is an assemblage of unknitted individual agendas.. themselves without any sense of moral or cultural roots.
Ah, the clairvoyance from the age of Inquisitors. You witch!

The Liberals could survive and thrive in a prosperous, cohesive society Canada prior to the 1970s. It cannot in the culturally fragmenting, economically disassembling, post structural society it has become.

I give them 3 years. After 1 they won't be able to get anything done.
huh? It seems to me that concerning the last couple gov'ts, Martin had the more well-knit gov't than Harper. Harper seemed to have to beat on his members in order to keep them in line way more than Martin did. Or Chretien either, for that matter.
 

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So much for a balanced cabinet that reflects Canada. Since 1/3 of Canadians are non-religious, only 1/3 of cabinet should be non-religious.
 

AnnaG

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I always hear "so help me god" in the same vein as "you bet your bippy" - nothing religious, just a vow
I rather prefer, "bank on it" but "you can bet on it" is ok.

So much for a balanced cabinet that reflects Canada. Since 1/3 of Canadians are non-religious, only 1/3 of cabinet should be non-religious.
I will ditto gerry's :roll:

Most of Canada's people are between 40 and 43, Catholic, and a full 1/4 are overweight so most of the cabinet should be that, right?