Current Events

Locally, there were at least 6 new Mayors sworn in yesterday and today.  They had sound byte coverage on the TV News.  I heard each one of the Mayors asked if she or he would uphold the [duties of their Office] "so help you God?  Each answered "Yes, so help me God."  This was very out of place in an area where it is insisted frequently that God is to be kept out of government and the public square.  I wonder what this ceremony meant.  I wonder what God the officials had in mind.  Were they confessing faith in the Judeo-Christian God?  [Is He the same one mentioned on our money: in whom we trust?]  Were they confessing that they need His help to do their job?  Would they object to having His Laws posted on the walls of their offices?  Are their Oaths of Office valid if this whole thing was an meaningless formality, hypocrisy?