You're presuming, with no evidence to back it up, that: 1) All religious officials must choose between their religion and their country in all things 2) All public service is a zero-sum game between competing tribes 3) No one who makes a pledge to one entity can serve another entity Why? Why are you doing that? For starters, run your position through the First Amendment and tell me where you land. Then take a brief tour through Article 6. Finally, show me the budding theocracy. Just, for shits'n'giggles. - Galatians 3.28 - Romans 2.11 - Proverbs 22.2 - John 13.16 - Romans 10.12 - Mark 12.31 - Colossians 3.11 - James 2.1-13 I want you to note that I, an atheist, son of a devout atheist, is sitting here throwing scripture at you. And I'm doing it because you know better. "You can't run for office because you work for God" is USSR shit. Cut it out.How does an elected official properly represent communities they literally believe are inferior to them, due to their belief system?