Politician’s must acknowledge a higher being!
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….before they are allowed to hold public office.
The Texas Constitution
Article 1 – BILL OF RIGHTS
Section 4 – RELIGIOUS TESTS
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.
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I doubt this law could stand if it was challenged; then again I can’t image anyone who doesn’t believe in some branch of Christianity ever getting elected here. FWIW, Baha’i do believe in a supreme being or God. They think that all religions worship different aspects of the same infinite God. If I ever have time I should run for some sort of public office so that as an atheist I could challenge the law.
I resent your obvious sectionalism, Michael. I’m a Texan and even I think this is a stupid law. Not all Texans support our government. In fact, from where I’m standing, most of us hate it. We don’t agree with most of our laws and resent our governor and how he runs the state.
For example, dId you know that right now in Texas the government is trying to force children out of public schools and into private, religion based schools by cutting the school budgets? Over half of DISD teachers have been cut for the 2011/2012 school year. I for one think this is stupid seeing as Dallas has some of the best schools in the nation (the Science and Engineering Magnet and TAG magnet were both in the top 50 schools of the US) Most of the mid-lower classes can’t afford private schooling right now. In fact, some of the upper class can’t afford it either. As a result, most of the state’s education rate will plummet. This means the state economy will suffer from dumb-asses taking over the businesses and not knowing the first thing about how to run them.
You can’t just group all Texans together. I’m Texan. I’m also atheist and bi. I’m a 15 year-old white girl who is afraid of not getting into a good college because she’s from Texas and education is suffering. I’m also afraid of being kicked out of my house because my parents can’t get good jobs. Texans aren’t all old rich white christians. My best friend also hates most of these stupid, stupid laws and she’s a 15 year-old hispanic, catholic school girl. Don’t begrudge us for our stereo-types. I’m just like any teenager in boston.
Dont be surprised sam these are texans who made this law. just breath the texans still have the right to leave the united states union, there is a slight chance they will leave.
Holy shit! This is an unconstitutional establishment of religion because it establishes all religions that believe in a supreme being while excluding those that don’t!! (i.e. Atheism, some forms of Buddhism, I think Bahai faith, etc.)
If you have real votes, but don’t have an imaginary friend, we won’t let you run things.