The Texas Constitution, Article I, Section 4: No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.
This is a completely unnecessary and unconstitutional addition to The Texas Constitution. Atheists and non-believers cannot hold public office in Texas because they do not affirm the existence of a "Supreme Being".
This section of The Texas Constitution needs to be immediately amended or removed as it is a direct violation of the separation of church and state and it is a violation of the basic rights of atheists.
I actually live in Iowa, but I cannot stand intolerance anywhere.