Feel free to show us all where in US Law it says, or requires any elected President to "place the hand on 'the', or any bible, while taking the oath of office.
"With the Presidential oath of office, there are few definite requirements, and a bunch of long-standing traditions that, again, mainly started with George Washington, like the placing of the hand on the Bible. Nothing requires Presidents to swear their oath on the Bible. John Quincy Adams didnt swear the oath on the Bible at all. In fact, JQA took his oath in a way that I think is much more powerful than using a Bible he placed his hand on a book of U.S. laws to represent his promise to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. After President McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt didnt use a Bible or any other prop when being sworn in. In Dallas, on Air Force One, there was no Bible, so stewards found a Catholic missal belonging to the slain President Kennedy, and thats how he 36th President was sworn in."
http://deadpresidents.tumblr.com/post/96049267177/why-do-presidents-swear-on-the-bible
Carry on. Boehner was the best thing you had going to get your slim agenda through.