The oath was already written "swear or affirm" because of 18th c. history, and crossing out the swear and circling the "affirm" was no big deal because that had been negotiated in advance for centuries. I still think it's the insertion that got her fired. But the UAW grievance committee already cleared it up, so why worry it?
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Date: 2008-03-10 08:05 am (UTC)