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07-06-2011, 07:26 PM #61
When religious ideals get in the way of politics, that is not someone who will be getting my vote. Your politics should be based on what is best for the nation and considering this nation has no national religion and always talks about the ideas of separation of church and state, it really shouldn't have any reason to be brought up.
I understand the use of God Bless and phrases like that. However, a specific God is never mentioned, just like the Declaration of Independence just states "God" (this is just a historical document by the way, it holds no value when it comes to law). Some Republicans and other religious people in this country take it upon themselves to believe that it is their God and claim the US is a Christian nation. I'm happy that the founding fathers of this country were mostly Deists, it paved the way for religious freedom.
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07-06-2011, 07:36 PM #62
The unfortunate truth is any presidential candidate that does not publicly profess their FAITH in God will never get elected. He/She could be the most qualified candidate in history and if there is any doubt about his/her faith, despite the "separation of Church and State", they wouldn't get 20% of the vote. And that is very sad indeed.
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07-06-2011, 09:52 PM #63
Also several states (mostly Bible-belt, ex-Confederate states, surprise surprise) have explicit constitutional prohibitions against allowing nonbelievers to hold public office. Nevermind the fact that this violates both the Sixth Article and the First Amendment of the US Constitution. It would still require a tedious and expensive legal battle to bring down each of them, with right-wing conservative Christians fighting like starving attack dogs to keep them in place.
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07-06-2011, 11:55 PM #64
Thanks for taking that out of context and trying to milk some sympathy out of it.
Considering you and gatorboymike are the two most prominent athiest on here and both of you take the position that anyone who disagrees with you is an uneducated redneck racist radical Christian, the generalization (at least for you two) seems to be pretty fair.
Both of you have been closed-minded to any opinion but your own and both of you outright attack anyone who disagrees with you using insults, name-calling and accusations of low intellect to defend your position. There is nothing open-minded about the way you have carried yourself in the P&R section.
You refuse to include any links that back up your outlandish claims and then without request (or purpose) you provide a link to a painting of Jesus that starts out with misspelled words and uses foul language (in violation of site rules).
Please explain how open-minded you have been in the last two days since you started coming in the P&R section. Please show me some quotes from the last 48 hours that display how open to other opinions or positions you have been.
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07-06-2011, 11:56 PM #65
Please provide documentation. I am unaware of any laws requiring religious participation for election.
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07-07-2011, 12:06 AM #66
1.) Links have been provided, in fact it's some of your GOP BFF's on here that actually try to have other people do there research for them.
2.) None of my claims are in the least bit outlandish
3.) http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork...rtpiece_id=353
3.5) STILL JUST AS FUNNY
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07-07-2011, 12:14 AM #67
Constitution Of The State Of Arkansas Of 1874.
Article 19. Miscellaneous Provisions. § 1. Atheists disqualified from holding office or testifying as witness.
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.[2]
Article 37 of the Declaration of Rights of the Maryland Constitution 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; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution.[3]
Mississippi State Constitution. No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state.[5]
North Carolina State Constitution, Article VI, Section 8:
Sec. 8. Disqualifications for office. The following persons shall be disqualified for office:
First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.[6]
The Tennessee Constitution, Article IX, 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.[10]
The Texas Constitution, Article I, Section 4: 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.[11]
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07-07-2011, 12:26 AM #68
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07-07-2011, 12:32 AM #69
He is right, although they are clearly unconstitutional, and nobody serious will assert that they are actually effective. It's not worth the cost of litigating it when it's a known loser.
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07-07-2011, 07:18 AM #70
Are these modern laws or some archaic requirement that dates back to the 1500's? Just because there is some law dating back half a century does not mean that there is a bunch of evil Christians running around trying indoctrinate all of the helpless little atheist.
In gatorboymike's own home state of Florida there is a law that prevents unmarried women from parachuting on Monday, a clear attempt by Floridians to undermine women's rights. Right?
Basing an argument about a modern issue on an archaic law that is not even enforced is about the most illogical thing that anybody can do.
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Originally Posted by spoodini 
