Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Open Thread March 21 - March 27, 2016 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 20 March 2016 07:54PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 22 March 2016 07:39:44AM 1 point [-]

"no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States"

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States

Comment author: Bound_up 22 March 2016 03:35:51PM *  1 point [-]

Ah, yes, but is that really a "wall of separation of church and state?"

Comment author: [deleted] 23 March 2016 03:38:31PM 0 points [-]

Here's a religious test: does the official NOT pray on the job?

Separation of church and state is a requirement for official agnosticism, not official atheism.