You are greatly misunderstanding the clause...
The "no religious test" clause of the United States Constitution is found in Article VI, section 3, and states that: "...no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
This has been interpreted to mean that no federal employee, whether elected or appointed, "career" or "political," can be required to adhere to or accept any religion or belief.
This clause immediately follows one requiring all federal and state officers to take an oath of support to the Constitution. This implies that the requirement of an oath, even presumably one taken "So help me God" (not a part of the presidential oath, the only one spelled out in the Constitution, but traditionally almost always added to it), does not imply any requirement by those so sworn to accept a particular religion or a particular doctrine.
The clause is cited by advocates of separation of church and state as an example of "original intent" of the Framers of the Constitution of avoiding any entanglement between church and state, or involving the government in any way as a determiner of religious beliefs or practices.
This is important as this clause represents the words of the original Framers, even prior to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
The original founders were pretty smart folks....Smarter than you and I.
For whatever that's worth.
Indeed. I was talking about the spirit and intent. Do you seriously thing the framers thought it ok that no religious test should be give for an office or position of public trust but on the other hand bigotry for voters was ok? Your in the clear as far as breaking any law is concerned but you are in violation (which carries no penalty) of the spirit and intent of the framers.
ZILCH!
We gotta big tar bucket and we AIM to use it!
--MormonDude(you KNOW you guys are wrong.)