Its a matter of if a shoe fits... Lets face it someone insisting that Dinosaurs were on Noah's Arc and that the world was created just 6000 years ago, and that before the Crucifixion the world was flat (how else could the Devil have Christ see the 4 corners of the world), and then insisting that his particular delusions be codified into law, is not operating on all cylinders. (damn that's an ugly run on sentence).
That said I always find this interesting. Whil ereligious sorts claim that they do not discriminate against unbelievers, they have been able to codify it in several state constitutions: Arkansas, Article 19, Section 1: No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court. Maryland, Article 37: That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution. Mississippi, Article 14, Section 265: No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state. North Carolina, Article 6, Section 8 The following persons shall be disqualified for office: Any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God. South Carolina, Article 17, Section 4: No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution. Tennessee, Article 9, Section 2: No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state. Texas, Article 1, Section 4: No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being. ----------------- US Constitution Article VI. Clause 3 "... but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." Amendment I "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" U.S. law is based on English common law, which was based on Roman law. Note that the two concepts in the Constitution that could be called religiously based are the acceptance of slavery and the treatment of women as second class citizens. The Declaration of Independence mentions Nature's God, not the Christian God. It is also not the basis for the U.S. government, the Constitution is. The U.S. is no more a Christian nation than it is a white nation. In 1961, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that federal law prohibits states from requiring any kind of religious test to serve in office when it ruled in favor of a Maryland atheist seeking appointment as a notary public. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "So not only are they religious nut jobs, but they continue to support > anachronistic > and detrimental laws that were abolished centuries ago lol" > > Had to throw the 'nut jobs' in didn't you? It demeans your position. > > Anyway, last time I checked, the 1960's were not centuries ago. Some of > these were still on record then. > > And to the point of anachronistic and detrimental, why weren't they deemed > so when the Constitution was ratified? I can see that argument on > anachronistic, but what about detrimental? > > 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:362386 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
