HUH? – AT 11:08 A.M. ET:  Join me in getting your blood to boil when you read this, the latest action of the Obama regime.  From Fox: 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday said it will no longer require incoming U.S. citizens to pledge that they will "bear arms on behalf of the United States" or "perform noncombatant service" in the Armed Forces as part of the naturalization process.

Those lines are in the Oath of Allegiance that people recite as they become U.S. citizens. But USCIS said people "may" be able to exclude those phrases for reasons related to religion or if they have a conscientious objection.

USCIS said people with certain religious training or with a "deeply held moral or ethical code" may not have to say the phrases as they are naturalized.

The agency said people don't have to belong to a specific church or religion to use this exemption, and may attest to U.S. officials administering the oath that they have these beliefs.

COMMENT:  Sorry.  I don't buy.  Conscientious objection has traditionally been permitted in the United States, but only under strict circumstances.  And many conscientious objectors have volunteered for military service, even at risk of their own lives, if they were exempt from killing.  I respect that. 

But I don't respect exempting new citizens from a pledge of any military service.  Bearing "true faith and allegiance" requires a new citizen to be willing to defend his or her country.  This sounds more like a political gesture to exempt people based on their political beliefs.  Congress should step in and stop this move.

July 22,  2015