Obama To Use MLK, Lincoln Bibles During Oath At Presidential Inauguration

[Lakhota]

By NEDRA PICKLER

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second term with his hand placed not on a single Bible but on two – one owned by Martin Luther King Jr. and one by Abraham Lincoln.

The inclusion of King's Bible is particularly significant since the inauguration comes on Jan. 21, the federal holiday in honor of the civil rights leader, who delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 50 years ago at the Lincoln Memorial. Obama will be facing the memorial as he takes the oath. King's Bible, which his children say he used early in his career as a preacher, has never been part of a presidential inauguration.

The selection of the pair of Bibles announced Thursday is richly symbolic of the struggle for equality in America, beginning with Lincoln's emancipation of slaves 150 years ago this month, through King's leadership of the civil rights movement, and ultimately to Obama becoming the nation's first black president.

Inaugural planners say Obama plans to place his left hand on the stacked Bibles held by first lady Michelle Obama as he raises his right hand to repeat the oath administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. It hasn't been determined which will be on top, with Obama's hand actually resting on it, but King's is larger, so it may need to be on the bottom.

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[Lakhota]

Wow, I can feel the excitement building.

 

[JohnA]

on my
jesus will never be the same ,better if he used the koran not as thou any of those books mean a darn thing

 

[bayoubill]

Wow, I can feel the excitement building.

wow... even Obama-********* are capable of sarcasm about this non-event...

 

[Stephanie]

what a joke and gross

Obama is nothing like any of the past Presidents for most of them loved this country

 

[Ravi]

what a joke and gross

Obama is nothing like any of the past Presidents for most of them loved this country

That's true, Stuphie, he is black after all.

 

[Stephanie]

what a joke and gross

Obama is nothing like any of the past Presidents for most of them loved this country

That's true, Stuphie, he is black after all.

Na, he is half WHITE..we know you all want people to forget that, that way you couldn't throw he's black in people's faces

 

[007]

 

[Article 15]

I'm loving month three of Steph's post election meltdown.

 

[Stephanie]

I'm loving month three of Steph's post election meltdown.

not our problem you don't have a life

 

[Article 15]

Tee hee

 

[L.K.Eder]

i heard obama will be firing celebratory shots from an assault rifle after the inauguration followed by his thugs taking all the guns from the american people.

this will be fun to watch.

 

[Stephanie]

i heard obama will be firing celebratory shots from an assault rifle after the inauguration followed by his thugs taking all the guns from the american people.

this will be fun to watch.

 

[Ravi]

I got an invitation to the inaugural ball, woo hoo! I will let him know, Stuphie, that you disapprove of him getting his cooties on Lincoln's bible.

 

[Stephanie]

I got an invitation to the inaugural ball, woo hoo! I will let him know, Stuphie, that you disapprove of him getting his cooties on Lincoln's bible.

you do that, and after you get off your knees, tell him I think he is a pos while you're at it

 

[rightwinger]

Very symbolic combining Martin Luther King day with the second inauguration of a black president

The wife of Medgar Evers will deliver the invocation

 

[Sunni Man]

Obama wants to turn the inauguration into race based event.............

 

[Defiant1]

Is there nothing left this POS won't defile?

 

[Stephanie]

Obama wants to turn the inauguration into race based event.............

Everything with Obama is race based, we saw it here in this thread

 

[Truthmatters]

why is it black people are NOT allowed to be proud of their culture in the minds of cons?