God is mentioned in the Preamble of every State Constitution in the United States.

By 3 Jim Ley on March 01, 2007

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10 Rachel who hasn't voted, says

If so, that's very sad.

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3 XavierAM who hasn't voted, says

Ah, but not in the Federal Document.

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7 Wyscan the Giant who disagreed, says

That's what you get when people copy and paste.

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7 Wyscan the Giant who disagreed, says

Rock!! I don't think the preamble to Oregon's constitution does:

"We the people of the State of Oregon to the end that Justice be established, order maintained, and liberty perpetuated, do ordain this Constitution."

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7 Wyscan the Giant who disagreed, says

Same goes for Alabama.

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3 Jim Ley who agreed, says

Robert: Excellent Find. My claim will have to be revisted at some point:

Until then Oregon:

Section 2. Freedom of worship. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God

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7 Wyscan the Giant who disagreed, says

Good point on Oregon, it is contained in their constitution, just not the Preamble as the claim stated. I went back to the original for Alabama. Several states have revised their constitutions since the original. I guess the assumption should be made that you're talking about the one currently in effect. Also, I think you'll need to have some wiggle room with "God" as a couple mention things like "Divine Authority" rather than explicitly "God." If I get bored I may continue the search, though I think it's ultimately a losing battle as I'm sure they all mention it somewhere.

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3 Jim Ley who agreed, says

Robert:

This claim was partly motivated by the article in The New York Times, titled,

Darwin's God

By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
Published: March 4, 2007

Scott Atran is quoted in the article saying: “I started looking at history, and I wondered why no society ever survived more than three generations without a religious foundation as its raison d’être,”.

Atran, the article indicated was a protege of Margaret Mead.

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3 Jim Ley who agreed, says

God is not only mentioned

in the Constitution of each of the States of The United States, but in some of the states, God is deliberately named

Almighty God

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No_score Kenneth339 who agreed, says

Even if God is not directly mentioned in founding documents, the words that qualify a spiritual presence are: justice, liberty, unity, brotherhood, and so forth. These words seen in the context of the time and the documents, do connote God as the principle of America's founding.

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