[extropy-chat] Atheists barred from office in seven states

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

http://www.nebraskaatheists.org/article1.htm

Some samples:

Article 6 Section 8 of North Carolina's State Constitution
"Disqualifications of office. The following persons shall be disqualified 
for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God."

Article 4 Section 2 of South Carolina's State Constitution
"No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who denies the 
existence of the Supreme Being; ..."

I checked and yes, this is accurate.

The states whose constitutions discriminate against atheists are 
Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
Tennessee, and Texas.  Maryland gets bonus points for apparently requiring 
belief in an afterlife, hell, and a male God.

I think it's time for another federal Constitutional amendment.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence