IS "God" Still A "conservative"???

[Mr. Shaman]

"Asheville City Councilman Cecil Bothwell believes in ending the death penalty, conserving water and reforming government - but he doesn't believe in God. His political opponents say that's a sin that makes him unworthy of serving in office, and they've got the North Carolina Constitution on their side.

Bothwell's detractors are threatening to take the city to court for swearing him in, even though the state's antiquated requirement that officeholders believe in God is unenforceable because it violates the U.S. Consititution.

"The question of whether or not God exists is not particularly interesting to me and it's certainly not relevant to public office," the recently elected 59-year-old said.

Bothwell ran this fall on a platform that also included limiting the height of downtown buildings and saving trees in the city's core, views that appealed to voters in the liberal-leaning community at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. When Bothwell was sworn into office on Monday, he used an alternative oath that doesn't require officials to swear on a Bible or reference "Almighty God."

That has riled conservative activists, who cite a little-noticed quirk in North Carolina's Constitution that disqualifies officeholders "who shall deny the being of Almighty God." The provision was included when the document was drafted in 1868 and wasn't revised when North Carolina amended its constitution in 1971. One foe, H.K. Edgerton, is threatening to file a lawsuit in state court against the city to challenge Bothwell's appointment.

The head of a conservative weekly newspaper says city officials shirked their duty to uphold the state's laws by swearing in Bothwell. David Morgan, editor of the Asheville Tribune, said he's tired of seeing his state Constitution "trashed."

Bothwell said a legal challenge to his appointment would be "fun," but believes his opponents' efforts have more to do with politics than religious beliefs.

"It's local political opponents seeking to change the outcome of an election they lost", said Bothwell, who's lived in Asheville nearly three decades and wrote the city's best-selling guide book."

Hey...."conservatives".....

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

No one can be disqualified from office because of their religions beliefs or lack of them.

 

[mark francis]

No one can be disqualified from office because of their religions beliefs or lack of them.

Judge Roy Moore was.

 

[Boris Norris]

Judge Roy Moore was.

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This might have something to do with it.

Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations - Wikipedia

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[mark francis]

This might have something to do with it.

Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Democrats leave no stone unturned as they find loose or lying women to tell lies about non-Democrats for money 40 years after the 'crimes' allegedly occurred.

 

[Boris Norris]

Democrats leave no stone unturned as they find loose or lying women to tell lies about non-Democrats for money 40 years after the 'crimes' allegedly occurred.

That could be true but you can't prove it isn't. You said he was disqualified for his religion. That is another lie.
Are you off your meds.

 

[mark francis]

That could be true but you can't prove it isn't. You said he was disqualified for his religion. That is another lie.
Are you off your meds.

The FBI, even with its bias against Kavanaugh, had no trouble debunking all the lying claims made against Kavanaugh by paid slanderers who could remember very little and offer even less in support of the lies they were programmed to tell.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

The Biblical "God" is what "God" has always been. Intangible, odorless, invisible, tasteless and inaudible. And 99.99999% of the time, mute.
It has to be quite difficult being all these things and still being omniscient, omnipresent, and omni benevolent at the same time.

 

[Boris Norris]

The FBI, even with its bias against Kavanaugh, had no trouble debunking all the lying claims made against Kavanaugh by paid slanderers who could remember very little and offer even less in support of the lies they were programmed to tell.

Don't change the subject. You made a claim and you lied. Admit it. You've been pinged again.