Saturday, December 8, 2007

Tennessee, I don't care for you

If you need a reason to dislike Tennessee (I know I have more than a few), here's a real gem from the state constitution.
No atheist shall hold a civil office.

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.

Tenn. Const. Art. IX, § 2

It was written a long, long time ago, when Bible Belt Christians didn't have political correctness and the ACLU to hinder their efforts, but it's still the law today.

1 comment:

Johnny Technical said...

And hey, look, it's pretty likely that a federal court wouldn't even review an appeal on the ground of lack of ripeness! Woohoo!