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To Marianne Kearney-Brown, who refused to sign an oath that countered her moral and religious principals of non-violence, (she's a Quaker, they don't do violence):

Good Job.

Oh, what did she do?

Each time, when asked to "swear (or affirm)" that she would "support and defend" the U.S. and state Constitutions "against all enemies, foreign and domestic," Kearney-Brown inserted revisions: She wrote "nonviolently" in front of the word "support," crossed out "swear," and circled "affirm." All were to conform with her Quaker beliefs, she said.

Of course, I look forward to various fundie Xtians' tortured logic on why Jesus requires you to be ready to kill for your country without thought or discourse. Because conscientious objection based on religion isn't a valid reason to refuse to commit violence.

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