Atheists nervous about ‘coming out’ in southern states

Jan Register drives to her job at Elon University’s Numen Lumen Multi-Faith Center every morning and enters a building that promotes open-mindedness. When she drives home at night into Alamance County, she must convert to a Christian-only mindset for her family and friends. Little do they know she accepts atheism, among other faiths. “It’s a

Atheists often fear ‘coming out’ in the South

It is against the law in North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee for an atheist to hold public office. Each of these states employ different phrasing in the constitutions barring this minority group from leadership but, nevertheless, make it clear to state residents not believing is not accepted. It says in the U.S.