Yeah, and some of us left leaners know better than to move to a state where we can't even hold office: http://i.imgur.com/s8gUacT.jpg
Nice to hear there are good alternatives to the valley for startups, but personally, none of the reasons listed in the article resonate with me, and plenty of other good reasons for not moving to TX exist.
The current Texas constitution is from 1876. It disallows any religious test for office except for the "acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being".
That's pretty in line with the American flavor of Enlightenment thinking and is hardly a conservative right wing Christian theocratic view (they would insist you were a Christian, would they not?).
The acceptance of atheism in the US is a relatively recent phenomenon, like the acceptance of homosexuality.
It's invalidated anyway (14th + 1st combo meal), so not sure why it's so off-putting to you - is it so offensive that somebody hasn't symbolically removed it for you yet?
Nice to hear there are good alternatives to the valley for startups, but personally, none of the reasons listed in the article resonate with me, and plenty of other good reasons for not moving to TX exist.