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The 1st amendment as it clearly reads:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

As it was clearly practiced and intended by the founders was meant to keep the Federal government out of the Establishment of the religion business for the propose of PROTECTING the rights of the people and their States to establish their own religions, which were different.

It should therefore be said that the State of Texas as with any other state who’s people choose to empower the same as such, have the right to do much more then this and actually establish a State religion.

Even go so far as to require the citizens of such state to adhere to it. Again ONLY if the States constitution permits such power. The 1st amendment exist quite explicitly to protect this right form being threaten by the Federal Government. (If you don’t happen to like it, you are always free to leave such a state, the same 1st amendment by forbidding the Federal usurpation protects that right too by allowing for their to be other states to choose from.)

It is perhaps the ultimate irony that the same Federal government has abused the same amendment thou incorporation to rob our States of that right in even the most light of forms to the effect as to force upon us atheism.

This is perhaps particularly appropriate for God fearing Texas, who’s constitution actually forbids anyone from holding any major office of trust under the state if they are an atheist, and don’t acknowledge the existents of a higher power. (A reasonable and prudent restriction if you ask me, as how can you trust a man with the ultimate power who fears not divine consequences to his actions?)

There is a reason atheist have committed the worst atrocity in human history, and a large part of that reason comes from the fact that once they are in unchecked power they fear consequences. Where as a God fearing man fears the consequences of God in the afterlife.

For this reason I would not want an atheist in such a position of power.