Ohio-based atheist group pushing for Mississippi constitution change

ATHEIST GROUP CALLS ON LEGISLATURE TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION

Mississippi lawmakers are returning to Jackson today to begin the 20-15 legislative session. An Ohio-based Atheist group is calling on them to change the state constitution and remove a section that requires a belief in God in order to hold public office.

The section 265 of the Mississippi Constitution reads ‘No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state’.

And while it was ruled unconstitutional and has been unenforceable for decades it remains in the state constitution.

Todd Stiefel with the group Openly Secular says its time Mississippi lawmakers took it out.

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