Alanis Morissette Becomes U.S. Citizen

[RonOnGuitar]

Yet another of the millions of freedom seekers from around the world who want to be a part of the greatest (greatest as in "best") nation on God's green earth!



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Alanis Morissette Becomes U.S. Citizen

Thu Feb 17, 7:43 AM ET



LOS ANGELES - Canadian Alanis Morissette (news) is now an American citizen.



The 30-year-old singer was among some 4,500 people who took the citizenship oath during a ceremony last week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Morissette isn't turning her back on Canada — she's maintaining dual citizenship.



"I will never renounce my Canadian citizenship," Morissette said in a statement Wednesday. "I consider myself a Canadian-American.



"There was a turning point during the ceremony where I felt connected to this country in a way that I didn't quite expect," she said. "America has been really great to me and I have felt welcomed since the day I came here."



Morissette's songs include "Ironic" and "You Oughta Know".

[bbchris]

Isn't it ironic? Well she sounds very genuine about it and why not! I didn't know the US allowed dual citizenship? COOL!

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[Cybernetic Organism68]

I didn't think anyone allowed that...

[RonOnGuitar]

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I didn't know the US allowed dual citizenship?

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Chris, it's often a more a matter of what someone considers him/herself to be (as it seems to sound in Alanis' case), rather than an actual state of dual citizenship.



This link explains, in a pretty concise and personal way, how "iffy" it can be.



DUAL CITIZENSHIP FAQs



On another board, I saw that some people were speculating that she's doing it to escape being "mugged" by Canada's superhigh income tax rates.



Here's the oath a person takes when s/he becomes a US citizen:



"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or a citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God."