Re:Why so many people are moving to Texas
by nsxwolf on Thursday May 30, 2013 @04:22PM
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The current Texas constitution is from 1876. It disallows any religious test for office except for the "acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being".
That's pretty in line with the American flavor of Enlightenment thinking and is hardly a conservative right wing Christian theocratic view (they would insist you were a Christian, would they not?).
The acceptance of atheism in the US is a relatively recent phenomenon, like the acceptance of homosexuality.
It's invalidated anyway (14th + 1st combo meal), so not sure why it's so off-putting to you - is it so offensive that somebody hasn't symbolically removed it for you yet?
That's pretty in line with the American flavor of Enlightenment thinking and is hardly a conservative right wing Christian theocratic view (they would insist you were a Christian, would they not?).
The acceptance of atheism in the US is a relatively recent phenomenon, like the acceptance of homosexuality.
It's invalidated anyway (14th + 1st combo meal), so not sure why it's so off-putting to you - is it so offensive that somebody hasn't symbolically removed it for you yet?