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Study shows many American atheists hide their non-belief
(news.unl.edu)
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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I don’t know that I “hide” it per se, I just don’t openly talk about it because there’s nothing really to talk about. If it was brought up I wouldn’t have a problem talking about it, but literally no one I’m around, whether friends or coworkers ever brings up religion, so it’s not a subject of discussion really.
Wth seriously?
The states are Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
The U.S. Constitution states in Article 6 that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
In 1961, the Supreme Court ruled in Torcaso v. Watkins that a person could not be denied the office of notary public for not being a believer because it "unconstitutionally invades his freedom of belief and religion guaranteed by the First Amendment and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment from infringement by the States."
Source: (no paywall) https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/11/10/7-states-ban-atheists-office-but-bans-unenforceable/6352254001/
Thanks!
Thanks!
Yup. The law is still on the books. It's been determined to be unenforceable, but that law still exists.