... I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same?
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Re: Published Genealogy
Lois Johnson 7/25/05
With all due respect to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms, we should all be mindful of the fact that most people of Scottish descent live outside of Britain in our century. Since most Rutherfurds/Rutherfords are not British citizens many find it unacceptably confining to have the Lyon Court intervening into the affairs of an American family. With regard to the Rutherfurds/Rutherfords here in the USA, it must be said flatly, American courts do not acknowledge the judgments or authority of foreign courts such as the Lyon Court, especially when they contradict the First Amendment of the US Constitution. No American is subject to the dictates of a foreign court or monarch. Decisions made in foreign courts deny our basic rights as Americans to "a government of the people, by the people and for the people". Any attempt by the Lyon Court to control the actions of American citizens constitutes a blatant assault on American sovereignty and our individual rights.
Anyone entering the US military takes this oath:
"I, (state your full name), do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
In other words, the authority of the Lyon Court or any other authority is rejected by oath by all public servants of the USA; civil, judicial and military.
I’m an American citizen and I will not ‘bend the knee” to a foreign king, prince or judge.
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