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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
isn't that the point being made ? i would think that the US justice system is a clear example of an organisation which should be secular. i also am a bit shocked that a judge would refer to god, that god is mentioned in the presidential oath, etc. even from over here it is clear that there is a very strong religious (christian) bias in the US.
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Were the judge's decisions legally sound? Did he let the Bible (or any other religious document) influence his judgments? The answer to both questions is almost certainly a negative. So what's the problem?
To insist that the judge never mention god would infringe upon _his_ freedom of religion. And again, it's separation of _church_ and state, not _religion_ and state.