Talk:Charles Pinckney (governor)

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I really, really dislike the title of this article. It should be Charles Pinckney (governor). RickK 02:25, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I've removed the category for Continental Army officers. CP served in the SC militia, but was never attached to the national army. Lou I 13:18, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC) I dont like these people — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.188.2.222 (talk) 19:47, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

Vandalism correction
I believe that this page has been vandalised (see refs - "Pork" family, "Snee House" ?), but I do not have referfences to corect this. Someone else ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.175.84.253 (talk) 05:56, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I went to a previous version of the article to correct "Pork" family to Maybank family. The birth and death dates have also been corrected. Here is the vandalism diff. Robert K S (talk) 21:04, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

No religion test clause in article VI is his
The constitutional prohibition of religious tests for office in Article VI. The only mention of religion in the Constitution of the United States prior to the adoption of the First Amendment was the "no religious test" provision of Article VI. The significance of this often-forgotten provision cannot be exaggerated. At the time of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, most of the Colonies still had religious establishments or religious tests for office. It was unimaginable to many Americans that non-Protestants — Catholics, Jews, atheists and others — could be trusted with public office.

"No religious test" proposed at the Constitutional Convention. One aspect of religious liberty was inserted into the Constitution during its framing in Philadelphia.

The role of Charles Pinckney. At the Constitutional Convention, Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), a delegate from South Carolina, proposed that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." Though he came from a state that had established the Protestant faith as the state religion, Pinckney represented the new spirit of religious liberty exemplified in the Enlightenment thinking of Jefferson.

A tool for oppression outlawed. Remarkably, the "no religious test" provision passed with little dissent. For the first time in history, a nation had formally abolished one of the most powerful tools of the state for oppressing religious minorities. This is taken from the First Amendment Center History of Religious Liberty in America" by Charles C Haynes senior scholar This oversight of Charles contribution needs to be added to the article.  97.85.168.22 (talk) 12:12, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Done 97.85.168.22 (talk) 13:23, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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Family relationship
The disambiguation page on Charles Pinckney gives the family relationship between Charles Pinckney (governor) and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as second cousins, but here they are listed as first cousins once removed. Which is correct? — Dodiad (talk) 10:32, 8 September 2018 (UTC)