Talk:Oath of Allegiance (United States)

Updated Oath

There's mention of a new oath proposed in 2003, so there ought to be mention of what happened to it - presumably it wasn't implemented, so why not, and will it ever be? dimo414 (talk) 03:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

- Yes, the change was scrapped. You can read about it at the following jump: http://www.legion.org/pressrelease/2164/preserve-oath-citizenship Dbnull (talk) 18:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

I've added the info to the article, citing that supporting source. -- Boracay Bill (talk) 01:09, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Religion

Is religion the only reason one can have to object to military service? Religion is essentially a collection of beliefs. If I were an atheist, would my collection of beliefs (e.g. secular humanism: "I don't want to harm other humans") be sufficient? Would they be regarded as "religious" beliefs in this context, or disregarded?

If it were disregarded, this gives religious citizens special status in relation to citizenship and service to country. I don't see how this can be considered anything but discriminatory. -Commandur (talk) 05:17, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

As long as they believe you, any objection based on your personal morals will do, regardless of whether it's part of a religion. 217.120.178.21 (talk) 17:16, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

denouncing ones country

This pledge is very old and I understand why it was written the way it was. However, we are in a new time and we have people coming to the USA because they want to and not because they hate or dislike their country of birth. Why can't this denouncing of ones birth country be changed? Case in point: I have a daughter n law that is from another country. She likes the US, but does not hate her old country. For her to become a citizen she must denounce her country of birth. I think this is wrong. Hollyhawk (talk) 19:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

It's renouncing, not denouncing.

Offhand without offering supporting citations, I'll say that from what I have seen it is common for sovereign states which offer the possibility of naturalized citizenship to require at least a pro-forma declaration of allegiance and a pro-forma renunciation of other allegiances. A person's true allegiance may or may not be any of that person's sworn-to allegiances.

Say, for example, a person was born in Germany, Italy, or Japan and then naturalized in the U.S., making the pro-forma renunciation of allegiance to the birth country and swearing allegiance to the U.S. — and then say, for example, that a war comes about with the U.S. on one side and Germany, Italy and Japan on the other. Some of the example persons will probably choose allegience to their birth country and others will probably choose allegiance to the U.S. — regardless of what allegiances have been pro-forma renunciated or sworn.

As John Lennon famously urged, "Imagine." OK, but it's imaginary.

As Rodney King famously asked, "Why can't we all just get along?" Answer: because we're human.

Sorry about flouting WP:NOTFORUM. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 01:23, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

If this is what the citizenship oath requires then surely EVERY single naturalised American citizen must be referred to as an American citizen ONLY within Wikipedia? So the pages for David Coverdale, Rachel Weisz, Peter Frampton, Anthony Hopkins and many, many others have to be updated to reflect this oath, yes? 94.194.15.94 (talk) 19:06, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

The US allows dual nationality so it appears that the pledge to renounce allegiance to other countries has no effect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.204.78.18 (talk) 08:22, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

first oath

• 11, Nov. 1678 – Digory Sargent took an Oath of Allegiance in Boston (Boston Rec. Com. Rept., xxix 168) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.92.68.49 (talk) 19:22, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Reference 2

The article states: In some cases, the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) allows the oath to be taken without the clauses regarding the bearing of arms and performance of noncombatant military service.[2] - but when checking the reference ([1]) I can't find support for the statement. Am I overlooking something? effeietsanders 19:23, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

I can't find support in that reference either. I've cited [2] in its place. Tim Smith (talk) 06:20, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Dual Citizenshipn violates the oath

If ba person wants to be come an American he/she must exclusivelly become an American forgoing all other Nations! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.32.55.182 (talk) 14:00, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

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Can a Natural Born Citizen violate the Oath of Allegiance / Oath of Citizenship?

I'm asking as "Rep. Adam Schiff told reporters that Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer was ‘unethical’ and ‘in violation of the oaths of citizenship." Per https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-adam-schiff-says-trump-214445282.html

As far as I can tell natural born citizens do not take an oath concerning allegiance or citizenship. Thus how can someone violate an oath they did not take? (FYI: Trump Jr was born in Manhattan, New York City and thus is a natural born citizen.) --Bmoshier (talk) 21:28, 13 July 2017 (UTC)