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Well on paper that is true but in reality I don't see it, look at all the indexes for pressfreedom and other things. Sure Amerika is not North Korea but its not anywhere ontop. (Does the Bill of Rights not say seperation of church and state? At the same time you are not allowed to be elected into Office as an Athist.

One thing that the US does pretty well is opening up data and code after a gov project is finished.



> At the same time you are not allowed to be elected into Office as an Athist.

Not true at all. For one, the Constitution and various Federal and State laws allow elected persons to take an affirmation instead of an oath, and Article Six of the Constitution specifically prohibits a religious test on any public office.

Second, you may find http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2009-12-can-an-a... to be an interesting read on the topic.

Third, just because atheists are not elected doesn't mean that they aren't allowed to be elected—just that most people in the US want a religious leader (or that not many atheists choose to run for office, or that religious politicians have more popular plans, etc.)


I thought there where some states where it was not allowed. If I find time later I look it up.

Anyway would anybody clame that the US is the show of stat for seperation from churge and state?




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