I would think that would be a violation of Article VI of the Constitution:
“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
Yeah, poor atheists have really been denied their rights.
there are a lot of statutes on state books that are never ever enforced. I suspect these are among those.
I’ve heard this discussed, that atheists have a high negative rating; that a large number of voters would not vote for an avowed atheist for public office. Whereas prejudice against minority, homosexual, divorced, women candidates for office has greatly declined in recent years, prejudice against generic atheist candidates for office is still strong. According to some polls I have seen.
So, would this get one out of jury duty?
“Still, candidates for office who are openly atheist face discrimination at the polls.”
Which is perfectly legal and proper.
Big deal. In Toronto until the 1960s, a Roman Catholic could not work for the city.
Since it is ONLY 8 states, that have “disparaging ideas about atheists”, (mind you, a Buddhist fits these terms too), let the disparaged atheists MOVE to another state, say California?