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Extraction Summary

2
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

Document Information

Type: Evidentiary document / email attachment or excerpt
File Size: 1.27 MB
Summary

This document appears to be a page from a collection of anecdotes or a forwarded email containing jokes and quotes critical of religious fundamentalism or highlighting religious laws in US states. It includes a crude joke about a Sunday School teacher, a list of state constitutional clauses disqualifying atheists from public office (Arkansas, Mississippi, NC, SC, Tennessee, Texas), and a quote from Pastor Rick Warren. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a discovery production.

People (2)

Name Role Context
Rick Warren Pastor
Quoted regarding his refusal to vote for an atheist.
Sunday School teacher Teacher
Subject of a joke/anecdote regarding the phrase 'What would Jesus do?'

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
indicated by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015075'
America's fourth-largest church
Referenced as the church led by Rick Warren (Saddleback Church, implied)

Timeline (1 events)

Unknown
Rick Warren speaking to his congregation
Unknown (likely California, based on Warren's church)

Locations (6)

Location Context
Cited regarding state constitution on religious requirements for office.
Cited regarding state constitution on religious requirements for office.
Cited regarding state constitution on religious requirements for office.
Cited regarding state constitution on religious requirements for office.
Cited regarding state constitution on religious requirements for office.
Cited regarding state constitution on religious requirements for office.

Key Quotes (3)

"Presumably, 'Masturbate' was not considered to be the correct answer."
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"No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office."
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Quote #2
"I could not vote for an atheist because an atheist says, 'I don' t need God.'"
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Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (1,361 characters)

to nail his other hand to the board, he called 911." It was unclear whether he was seeking assistance for his injury or help in nailing his other hand.
*The Sunday School teacher who advised one of his students to write on his penis, "What would Jesus do?" Presumably, "Masturbate" was not considered to be the correct answer.
*And, of course, the anonymous authors of the following quotes from various state constitutions. Arkansas: "No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office." Mississippi: "No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state." North Carolina: "The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God." South Carolina: "No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who denies the existence of the Supreme Being." Tennessee: "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: "Nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being."
Rick Warren, pastor of America' s fourth-largest church, told his congregation, "I could not vote for an atheist because an atheist says, 'I don' t need God.' "
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