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posted by [identity profile] alexpshenichkin.livejournal.com at 04:48am on 24/04/2011
Aren't we doing that, in principle, with oaths of office?
(There's the usual "uphold the Constitution" thing, but, IIRC, federal judges also pledge specifically that they will not discriminate between rich and poor.)

-- Alex
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posted by [identity profile] matt-rah.livejournal.com at 05:14am on 24/04/2011
A fair point, a fair point. Still, I can choose not to act in a discriminatory manner (and therefore it's a somewhat-reasonable pledge to make); I can't really pledge in good faith to continue believing something I believe now, especially about something so abstract as belief in God.

Matt
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posted by [identity profile] amberite.livejournal.com at 05:41am on 24/04/2011
Heh. Yeah, that does bring up a funny implication in our theoretical world: say, an atheist in office has a mystical experience, while on the operating table or something, and has to resign...
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posted by [identity profile] alexpshenichkin.livejournal.com at 06:20am on 24/04/2011
Modern American culture doesn't seem to take any form of conflict of interest in politics seriously(*), so it's a reach to believe that you'd actually need to resign.

That said, if there was a well-defined culturally-accepted philosophy behind why folks with religious beliefs couldn't hold office, I don't think it'd be any weirder than, say, resigning from a job doing DoD stuff because you've become a pacifist.

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* - With the possible exception of minorities in power. Somehow that one is still debated to death.
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posted by [identity profile] benlehman.livejournal.com at 05:46pm on 24/04/2011
I'm not necessarily talking about the US.
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