Leave it to the Christianists to still try to make their bigotry official.

Attack On North Carolina Candidate Focuses Attention On State
Constitutional Bans On Nonbelievers In Public Office
Source: AU.Online
Rob Boston

While working as a journalist covering municipal government in Asheville,
N.C., Cecil Bothwell carefully watched members of the city council and came
to a simple conclusion: He could do their job.

"As a reporter, I covered local government issues from 1993 to 2007 and
felt I had a pretty good handle on the important issues here," Bothwell
said.

Last year, Bothwell decided to test his thesis. He mustered a corps of
grassroots volunteers and launched a campaign for a seat on the city
council. Running as an unabashed progressive, Bothwell stressed themes like
environmental stewardship and good government.

It wasn't an easy campaign. During the race, Bothwell's opponents attacked
him for a critical book he authored about Billy Graham and assailed his
religious beliefs - or more accurately, his lack of them. Bothwell
opponents pointed out that in his book, The Prince of War: Billy Graham's
Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire, he spoke frankly about his own
dearth of faith, writing, "I don't believe in supernatural beings of any
stripe...."

http://www.au.org/media/church-and-state/archives/2010/02/no-religious-
test-tested.html

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