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Originally Posted by squishycouch
it doesn't have to.
Constitution, Article 6 section 3
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
were the oath under god required, it would be unconstitutional.
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This clause was inserted by the Founders to prevent any notion of an official state church, such as the Church of England, it has nothing at all to do with a "wall of seperation" between church and state.