State Religious Oath/Belief Requirement For Public Office

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Should public office be legally restricted to believers?

• Tolerance Isn't Supposed To Be Easy Freethought Today, January/February 2006.
• "Tom Clark, the Atheist" Garnered 43% of Vote Freethough Today, January/February 2006.
• Colo. Resident Objects to Pledge Language NPR, March 3, 2005 (Audio WAX)
• Bush statements raise concerns about separation of church & state The Baptist Standard, January 21, 2005
• Politician Who Won't Say Pledge May Be Recalled Internet Brodcasting System, december 15, 2004.
• Conservatives Protest Removal of God From Senate Oath.
• 1961 U.S. Supreme Court decision against Maryland's God oath.
• South Carolina religious test oath declared unconstitutional.
• Connecticut religious test oath.
• Florida religious test oath.
• Kentucky religious test oath.
• Massachusetts religious test oath.
• North Carolina requirement for office holders to be believers.
• South Carolina requirement for office holders to be believers. Note: The S.C. Supreme Court declared this provision of S.C.'s constitution (Article 6 section 2) unconstitutional on May 27, 1997.
• Texas religious test oath.
• Most state constitutions either do not mandate oaths or specify nonreligious oaths. Here are two examples of state mandated oaths that accommodate nonbelief. New Hampshire oath. Rhode Island oath.
• The ordeal of Pennsylvania religious test oath
• Ask Governors to amend theistic oaths. Do it right now by e-mail!

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