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Atheists & Agnostics

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

11. Pennsylvania

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 07:45 PM

Dec 2014

Article 1, section 4: “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.”

Note: Pennsylvania differs from the other states in that it says believers cannot be disqualified from holding office for his or her religious sentiments, but that is not extended to atheists.

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Texas, 6 other states have bans on atheists holding office [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2014 OP

"but no religious test shall ever be required" PoliticAverse Dec 2014 #1

don't worry. A poster in the religion forum Heddi Dec 2014 #2

no one has ever been denied holding office because of this AlbertCat Dec 2014 #3

nononono. See, THAT is a waste of time Heddi Dec 2014 #4

It only took 3 years of lawsuits in SC... onager Dec 2014 #5

what's three years in the space of eternity? Heddi Dec 2014 #7

Well, missy, I spent ELEVEN hours Googling... onager Dec 2014 #8

fuckin' atheists Heddi Dec 2014 #9

re: Pickle Surprise AlbertCat Dec 2014 #10

That just seems so backwards and wrong An Atheist Dec 2014 #6

Pennsylvania yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2014 #11