# Should ordained ministers be excluded from public office?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 11, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762 "2007-09-11T10:14:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762/21 "2007-09-12T14:32:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]  
Super! Lat’s get rid of Bush now, then. How would that work, exactly?  
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Impeachment, I would guess. But i’m not in favour of removing him for his strongly held beliefs, or anyone for that matter.

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762/22 "2007-09-12T14:52:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold]  
Impeachment, I would guess. But i’m not in favour of removing him for his strongly held beliefs, or anyone for that matter.  
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Sorry. Not an impeachable offense, I’m afraid.

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**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762/23 "2007-09-12T15:10:05Z")

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[QUOTE=LonesomePolecat]  
Taking your reasoning to its obvious conclusion, the right to hold public office should be reserved for avowed atheists.  
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Darn tootin’!! I think this a great idea!

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762/24 "2007-09-12T16:52:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]  
Sorry. Not an impeachable offense, I’m afraid.  
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Yeah. Arch-conservative paranoia notwithstanding, Christianity will never be a high crime not a misdemeanor.  
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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ordained-ministers-be-excluded-from-public-office/418762/25 "2007-09-12T16:58:38Z")

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[QUOTE=andros]  
Christianity will never be a high crime not a misdemeanor.  
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Just the death penalty.

[QUOTE=Revelation 13:15 NIV]  
He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.  
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