A State of Rewards and Punishments
Nebraska Atheists cites discrimination against atheists in seven state constitutions , like the Tennessee Constitution , 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.
I’ve always had a hard time even taking seriously the shibboleth about people’s supposed inability to act civilly without a belief in heaven and hell, and never suspected it was taken for granted in a U.S. state constitution (let alone two of them ).
(I’ll note that their citation of the Massachusetts Constitution is outdated… the specified article has been superseded… with which an atheist could still find objection.)
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