Daniel “Danica” Roem, who became the first “transgender” state
representative in U.S. history last November, utilized a recent interview to
note his intention to be sworn into the Virginia Senate with his hand on a
heavy metal album rather than the Bible, as is a long-standing tradition.
Roem, a male Democrat who identifies as a woman, defeated incumbent
Republican Bob Marshall for his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in
2017. Then, last fall, Roem won his race to move on to the state Senate.
In the
aforementioned interview, recently published by LGBTQ Nation,
Roem stated that he would be getting sworn in on a 1988 vinyl copy of his
favorite Metallica album, And
Justice For All. Daniel Danica seems to have taken his her oath
to get sworn in on the Metallica album far more seriously than he she
took the Oath of Office itself.
Roem has
been sworn in, though no details about the ceremony have been forthcoming. While
it is not mandatory under Virginia law to be sworn in on a Bible, it has been
customary to do so for most of the state’s existence.
Roem’s stunt is illustrative of the
lack of faith and reverence that has taken hold amongst younger, increasingly non-traditional
Americans. Transgenderism is itself simultaneously hyper-fashionable and a
rejection of God’s will. And there also seems to be a trend building of elected
officials being sworn into office on things other than a Bible.
There is a reason why Bible’s have
historically been used to swear people into office. It is because it has been
thought that most folks would be more likely to keep a promise, or oath, if
that promise is effectively made to God, rather than to a human or group
thereof. You know, the Ten Commandments, Heaven and Hell, etc. Hence the
phrase, meant to get at the truth, “Do you swear on a stack of Bibles?”
But, what the Hell, the times they are
a-changin’. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib were sworn in on Qurans. I’m sure that
soon we will see officials sworn in on National Geographics, Playboy magazines,
the Epstein files, a box of Tide, or a stack of Archie comic books,
amongst other materials. Swear your fealty to God, the American people, your
office, the Constitution, or Betty and/or Veronica. It doesn’t really matter
much anymore, does it?
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