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MrRodgers -> RE: Donald Trump... What a guy! (2/13/2017 6:18:36 AM)
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Sadly, when both the main parties have this assumption that certain religious views (or at least paying lip service to them to fool the religious right) are obligatory in any nominee, the constitutional separation of church and state is pretty much irrelevant. It's not like either party is going to dare put forwards an out atheist, is it?
In fact illegal in some states if you claim not to believe in 'a' god. That's right, in some states, it is not lawful to even try to elect an atheist or anti-theist.
That's very interesting. Do you have any links so i can read up on this?
Seven states still have on the books the following:
According to Mississippi’s Constitution, “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state.” In North Carolina the state Constitution reads, “The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.”
Even in Pennsylvania which has no specific law banning non-believers the Constitution states that no one can be “disqualified” from serving in office on the basis of religion, but with the caveat that office holders should believe in God “and a future state of rewards and punishments,” considered to mean heaven or hell.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. A bookkeeper named Roy Torcaso, who happened to be an atheist, refused to declare that he believed in God in order to serve as a notary public in Maryland. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court, and in 1961 the court ruled unanimously for Mr. Torcaso, saying states could not have a “religious test” for public office.
But 53 years later, Maryland and six other states still have articles in their constitutions saying people who do not believe in God are not eligible to hold public office. Maryland’s Constitution still says belief in God is a requirement even for jurors and witnesses.
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