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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Two versions:
"No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust under this Commonwealth."
"No person shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust under this Commonwealth."
As long as you acknowledge the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments, you can't be disqualified on religious grounds. If you don't, you can.
And yes, I know this is moot, thanks to the Supreme Court, as I said earlier.
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Bah, you're weaseling like a lawyer.
I am a independent cab driver, ok?
I say, "No black person, because they are black, will be barred from my cab.
I have made no statement about anyone else but blacks, and you can weasel away, but I have not implied a damn thing about anyone.
If I were writing a constitution I would do the same. Besides why should they try to be sneaky? They were making the rules, they could do anything they wanted. Their concern, as was the framers of the federal constitution, that people would be discriminated for their religion, not lack of it.