To: wagglebee; All
Article 6 - Debts, Supremacy, Oaths
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
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.
15,277 posted on
04/29/2007 4:46:26 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(Man needs to reach higher and farther to accomplish the impossible.)
To: KevinDavis
Correct, government officials cannot be bound by any religious test. You have yet to show anything that indicates that there is a “separation of church and state.”
15,279 posted on
04/29/2007 4:48:49 PM PDT by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: KevinDavis
The passage you cite from Article 6, has nothing to do with separation of Church and State. It had to do with overriding the laws of several of the States which required a profession of a certain faith to hold office in their respective jurisdictions as well as the federal government. I welcome any arguments to the contrary.
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