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RonOnGuitar
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:06 am Post subject: Alanis Morissette Becomes U.S. Citizen |
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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".
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bbchris Princess Of Hongkong
Joined: 01 Jan 2002 Posts: 11441 Location: Hong Kong
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Cybernetic Organism68
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: Alanis Morissette Becomes U.S. Citizen |
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I didn't think anyone allowed that...
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RonOnGuitar
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Alanis Morissette Becomes U.S. Citizen |
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Quote: I didn't know the US allowed dual citizenship?
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."
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