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Nyet2/16/2012 11:40:33 am PST

re: #155 RayFerd

To ask about and require a politician to be of a certain (or any) religion is not unconstitutional? I think the founders beg to differ.

Article 6, paragraph 3. United States Constitution:

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

This pertains to laws. No law can be made barring someone from office because of her religion.
Obviously, private citizens can ask about religion and decide on the basis of that answer.