Can we "save the world"?

[Mister Agenda]

The best weapon against theism is prosperity. It's doable, although not inevitable, that there will be few truly poor countries left in twenty years. It's the main reason UN middle-of-the-road estimates have global population peaking around 2050 and slowly declining for centuries thereafter: prosperity is also the best weapon against overpopulation.

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In America the first amendment states "Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;". So why is it that, for example, the Mississippi State Constitution. Article 14 states "No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state."? The states of Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas have some section in their state constitutions stating people without belief in a "Supreme Being" cannot hold office within those states? Here comes the activism part of this thread, it would be very great to get such sections in these constitutions amended. These can be amended when a federal court declares that part of a state's constitution is unconstitutional and can be removed or nulled. So to my friends in those states, I urge of you to work towards making the political arena of America a little more even.

Those requirement are unConstitutional, however, to get them removed from State constitutions requires the usual amendment process. Such a requirement was overturned in SC in the nineties (my esteemed legislature took their case to prevent an atheist from becoming a notary public all the way to the state Supreme Court), but the requirement for belief in God still appears in the State constitution.