Ive made the same argument before and been ignored. On Apr 4, 2013 1:08 PM, "Jerry Barnes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "To see how one would select a State/ Country religion, just look at > Pakistan, > Saudi Arabia, Iran etc. I believe state religion etc. is codified in their > laws." > > Many of the original states had official religions. They turned out okay. > I think you have to look at the religion. > > Regardless, states moved away from official religion, but did not build a > wall between religion and state. Back to Pennsylvania's constituion: > > No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards > and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be > disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this > Commonwealth. > > > Interestingly enough, the above statement does not seem to exclude > Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, or Satanists. It does exclude > Atheist. > > I was wrong above as well. I said the above sentiment was on the books > until 1968. It's actually still on the books. It was in the 1968 > Constitution, which is the current constitution. From the 1968 Version > > > *PREAMBLE* > > WE, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty > God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking > His guidance, do ordain and establish this Constitution. > > *Religious Freedom.* > > *Section 3.* > > All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God > according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be > compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain > any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case > whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience, and no > preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or > modes of worship. > > *Religion.* > > *Section 4.* > > No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards > and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be > disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this > Commonwealth. > > > > Does Pennsylvania have a bunch or "religious nut jobs" since this is still > in their constitution? > > > J > > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362383 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
