We learned something new today. Er.
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The passages cited:
Arkansas, Article 19, Section 1
No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of thisState, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.
Maryland, Article 37
That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God.
Mississippi, Article 14, Section 265
No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state.
Pennsylvania, Article 1, Section 4
No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.
South Carolina, Article 17, Section 4
No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution.
Tennessee, Article 9, Section 2
No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.
Texas, 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.
A young deer and a large cat touch noses in a village near Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India. Picture: AP
beastie boys - so what’cha want.
man, how i loved this song. how i loved this fucking cassette tape and this video. i used to sit in the basement as a teenager waiting for hours for this to come on television - you know, back when you actually had to wait for these things to come on.
when you had to have mad patience and focus to be a fan of anything.
a couple minutes ago i pulled it up in a matter of seconds and relived a little bit of that.
and i’m glad i did.
rip.
(Source: youtube.com)
Never-Before-Seen Photos From the Early Days of Space Exploration
The Gemini astronauts also took some of the most memorable photos in NASA history. You’d think we would have seen them all by now. But with Nasa’s help and funding, a team of researchers at Arizona State University led by lunar scientist Mark Robinson has retrieved from the archives dozens of outtakes that never made it into wide circulation.
Photos: NASA
Ed note: Check out our friends at Air & Space for more stunning photos from the Gemini mission.
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Freshly shaved alpacas are seen at Alpaca-Land farm, in Goeming in the Austrian province of Salzburg. Picture: Kerstin Joensson/AP
