Truthfulness

 I was raised by my mother with the value of truthfulness.

In accordance with my mother’s Quaker faith.

My mother taught me, fundamentally, strenuously that the standard of truthfulness expected in a court of law, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, is the same standard all the time every minute of every day.

Truthfulness Is a fundamental and sincerely held belief of mine. An inviolable belief.

It is, for this reason that I, in common with Quakers,, will not swear an oath in a court of law. This is one example of how my belief in truthfulness has a significant impact on my life, choices and decisions.

Such beliefs are protected characteristics. It has equal status with the protected characteristics of religion and race.

To offend the protected characteristic of my belief Is equally as offensive as to offend a person’s religion or race.

When asked a question, I answer truthfully to the same standard that you would expect in a court of law, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When asked a question, I answer truthfully, as though I have sworn an oath of truthfulness.

To respond to a truthful answer, I have just given with ‘prove it’, To demand that I prove my answer is truthful, is as offensive to me as a slur against my race or my religion.

Equally, to ask me to lend further credibility to a truthful statement by providing a time or date of the occasion on which it was stated is to imply that there are times or occasions when I do not tell the truth.

I speak the truth at all times, and on all occasions. This is a fundamental belief of the faith I was raised in. Truthfulness is a core value to me.