Wednesday, October 21, 2009

State Constitutions That Discriminate Against Atheists



The United States 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;"


“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.

"Disqualifications of office. The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God."

“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.”

It's not just the South...

"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;"

"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."


According to these states backwards and bigoted constitutions, the following godless Americans could not hold public office if they ran today:

George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln

Here is a list of godless quotes from our Founding Fathers

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