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Legal Discrimination Against Atheists
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Posted 2007-09-28, 11:56 AM in reply to
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!King_Amazon! said:
If you want to be in office, go to church, it's required in almost any state, even if not legally required, it's hard for a non-believer to get elected.
I doubt that they would even uphold that law anymore. However, it's the principle behind the law that matters. That law says it's alright to discriminate against atheists. It echoes Papa Bush's sentiments about atheists: if you're an atheist you're not a real citizen of this country.
It's not the legal effect of the law I'm worried about, it's the social one. It would be absolutely abhorrent if instead of atheists it was against Muslims or Hindus or Buddhists. Why should this be any different?
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