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28. Yes. The religious test for public office applies to the OP.

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Texas county defend right to hire ONLY Baptists. [View all] dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 OP

...... daleanime Sep 2015 #1

let them. just pull every single penny of federal aid they get, fuckers. roguevalley Sep 2015 #31

I wish that happened to me HassleCat Sep 2015 #2

You might be able to retire, TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #55

Hello, lawsuits shenmue Sep 2015 #3

Easy ones to win, too. hifiguy Sep 2015 #23

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!!! PERSECUTION!!! progressoid Sep 2015 #4

Years ago I was a manager at a huge company that had a checklist which RKP5637 Sep 2015 #5

They got rid of the physical list; but, what about the attitude behind the list? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2015 #12

Very good point! hamsterjill Sep 2015 #32

It has been my experience that a good lawsuit will have "smoking gun" protocols/manuals ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2015 #36

Yep, we were told to pull it all out of the manager's guidelines books. Maybe there was some type RKP5637 Sep 2015 #42

I'm definitly sure that stayed behind with some. HR became very concerned about equality, so RKP5637 Sep 2015 #38

I used to love the questions about what birth control method I used (if married of course), classof56 Sep 2015 #14

I got into a management position in 1973 nichomachus Sep 2015 #24

Yep, that sounds about par back then, it was incredible! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2015 #39

Remember "The Good Time News" episode of the _Mary Tyler Moore_ Show, tblue37 Sep 2015 #46

what's odd about that too is treestar Sep 2015 #49

why do you think there have been no real bargains in the past 25 yrs? elehhhhna Sep 2015 #51

Well said!!! hamsterjill Sep 2015 #33

Yep, I bet many today do not realize what it was like back then. It was horrible, and some RKP5637 Sep 2015 #41

My last name is actually German, but sometimes people think it is Jewish. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #19

Yep, hearing that, I sure bet they were bigoted. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2015 #40

Unbelievable! What part of the country are you from, if I may ask? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #44

Los Angeles which makes it all the more unbelievable. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #47

Wow! I thought this would have been the deep south or the midwest. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #48

Absurd wastes of taxpayer money..... haikugal Sep 2015 #6

There are so many begging for a Theocracy... yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #7

These yahoos wouldn't be stoning people -- they'd just shoot them with guns. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #20

And in Texas atreides1 Sep 2015 #27

Even if they skipped high school civics truebluegreen Sep 2015 #8

Seems more applicable here than in the Kim whatserface case nxylas Sep 2015 #9

Here is the First Amendment phrase that requires Kim to marry LGBTs. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #21

Yes, that's the phrase that should be quoted nxylas Sep 2015 #26

Yes. The religious test for public office applies to the OP. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #28

This immediately sprung to my mind Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #25

Does that include black Baptists too? Somehow I'm thinking not. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #10

The Black Baptists are separate. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2015 #13

I was married into a SoBap family (why, I was very confused) they were the craziest people ever. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #18

I went to college in Williamson County TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #57

Thanks, Towelie. I'm glad he still has his job. This "hiring requirement" can't be legal. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #59

Misleading headline on this OP Jim Lane Sep 2015 #11

You're right. Eric J in MN Sep 2015 #16

The Court Can Look at the Current Employee Make-up TheOther95Percent Sep 2015 #50

Yes. The plaintiffs have a great case. Eric J in MN Sep 2015 #61

The county commissioners are persecuting all Christians who are not Baptists. Hey, wait, NCjack Sep 2015 #15

Because MY god is better than your god and much better than their god... SoapBox Sep 2015 #17

Now Christians are persecuting Christians. Poor Methodists. . B Calm Sep 2015 #22

I doubt that. TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #58

But they're "uniters" louis-t Sep 2015 #29

There's an old saying in my family that comes from my great-grandfather SwankyXomb Sep 2015 #30

Good one! classof56 Sep 2015 #43

Joke: there was a mixed marriage underpants Sep 2015 #52

:-) underpants Sep 2015 #53

I was told "everyone here loves the Lord" in an interview several years back in Texas. hamsterjill Sep 2015 #34

I read something years ago about a study, I think it was done by Harvard, and the basic smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #45

What if you lose the faith after your probation is over? Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #35

jaw dropping Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #37

used to live there catrose Sep 2015 #54

When were you there? TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #60

Late 90s eom catrose Sep 2015 #62

DERPLY HERLD RELERGERS BERLERFSSS Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #56