Adventures of a Wetware Hacker

How to Evade Your Civil Duties:

1. Move to Arkansas. Their newly-amended constitution should serve you right:

HJR 1009: AMENDING THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION AGAINST AN ATHEIST HOLDING ANY OFFICE IN THE CIVIL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS OR TESTIFYING AS A WITNESS IN ANY COURT.

Seriously.

So, if you want to commit murder, do it in a room full of your friends! (Who are probably all godless heathens like you.) If you get called for jury duty, don't fret, silly atheist -- you're not the peer of a believer!

2. Alternatively, you could move to Texas. Their Bill of Rights has a section for you:

Article 1, 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.

Whew. Almost thought we were going to be granted the public trust of Texas. That would have been embarrassing. When you're not given full rights in these states, you're doing something right.

We atheists, therefore, should enjoy being persecuted! As USN says, there's a special place in heaven for atheists who endure this nonsense.

posted by Parijata Mackey @ 9:52 AM