Does a teapot in between Earth and Mars count as a God?

I have many, many questions about the First Amendment, but most of them are highly offensive.

My biggest question is about the Freedom of Religion. How much does it extend?

For example, in Arkansas, it is illegal for an atheist to testify in a court, and they can't hold any "civil departments of this state."

Article 36 of Maryland's Declaration of Rights offers "protection in religious liberty" only to people who believe in God.

I think my brother needs to drop out of UMD, fast.

Tennessee, South  and North Carolina, and Texas also have bans similar to Arkansas, which are far outdated given the increasingly rapid rate of growth of atheists and agnostics.

Maybe Tennessee, South  and North Carolina and  Arkansas should secede along with Texas. Make my life a lot less frustrating.

And about the extent of the law, where does it stop interfering with other laws?

For example, I think The Don't Kill People Act is a little more important than preservation of every minute, illogical detail of your religion (Commonwealth vs Twitchell).

But this is turning more into my raging than actual questions, so I'll start over. Where does the boundary between The First Amendment and other laws stop?

If we go by Commonwealth vs Twitchell, then we can clearly see that we as Americans are very afraid of the First Amendment and the power that religious people have over our country.

We've already granted Tax Exemption to religious institutions in order to maintain "the values that this country was founded on."

Well, guess what people? Most of the people who founded this country owned slaves, got married before 18, and sold their daughters for dowry.

Sounds fun.

I think the real problem is how much of the country is religious, not religious in the normal peaceful sense, but crazed over-religious sense. Mostly in the more southern states, which is where the more religiously unfair laws are actually in place. When the majority of the population believes something, it's not easy for a Government to be entirely fair, the Government too is created by people.

But this is the internet, in the Northeast of America.

So I probably won't get attacked.

Probably.


Links:
http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/StateConstitutions.htm