Monday, November 3
No Atheists Allowed
So I have been thinking about going into politics rather than just sitting back and lettig things happen. Sadly after reviewing local laws I found out that I can't serve in the county with job protection. The county charter Article VI, Section 6.09 covers "race, creed, color, sex, national origin, or political opinions or affiliations." This quite obviously does not cover religion under descrimination that is not allowed. This jibes with the state that has only 3 articles in its constitution about descrimination and Article IX, Sec. 2, of the Tennessee constitution ("No Atheist shall hold a civil office") states: "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." So my political career was cut so short it didn't exist. The only place I can serve is the city of Memphis which I might still do, but I'd set my goals a little higher towards the state level. I have contacted the Tn state chapter of the ACLU, but since I am not currently running for an office I don't know what will happen with it. Either way it's descrimination. Even if the people in the state don't want atheists to run, they can just not vote for them, but a person cannot say, "I don't like what you believe so I say that you can't work to better the state." Oh, well. I will see what comes of it.
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Article IX also says, "Whereas Ministers of the Gospel are by their profession, dedicated to God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions; therefore, no Minister of the Gospel, or priest of any denomination whatever, shall be eligible to a seat in either House of the Legislature."
I wonder if anyone has checked recently to see if there are any clergy in the Senate or House.
I don't know i can do a check on that. As far as I know none of them are, but I'll research that. Good point.
So I went through the senate in TN and Senator Lowe Finney is Deacon at Jackson's First Baptist Church, Senator Raymond Finney is a Sunday school teacher, and Senator Roy Herron is a former United Methodist minister. I don't know about the last two, but I think the first is in violation of the first article.
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