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I never said I didn’t agree with the constitution. I firmly believe that the GOVERNMENT should not limit religious beliefs or that the GOVERNMENT should require a religious test for office.

That does not change the fact that INDIVIDUAL VOTERS CAN have a religious test for office.

You seem to think that the constitution doesn’t allow for that and yet there is no prohibition against VOTERS having a religious test.

“I firmly believe that the GOVERNMENT should not limit religious beliefs or that the GOVERNMENT should require a religious test for office.”

And the constitution limits the Federal Government from having a religious test. If you look up several of the state constitutions from 1776-1800 you will find that several of them had just such a religious test at the state level...remember that most of these constitutions were written be the same men that wrote the Federal constitution.

"That does not change the fact that INDIVIDUAL VOTERS CAN have a religious test for office. You seem to think that the constitution doesn’t allow for that and yet there is no prohibition against VOTERS having a religious test.

You're not a careful, or thoughtful reader. To reiterate from my post #37 above:

"Pointing out your religious beliefs, and voting based on them isn’t the issue. ..."

".... "...The pundits are parsing religion again. Somebody has to pose the liberals’ religious test for public office. ....

"....what infuriates [some people like] Mr. Keller ......[is the fact that] A Muslim is as qualified as a Methodist to be a federal judge if he is qualified in the law and holds only to the Constitution and shuns Islamic law. Evolution should of course be taught in the schools as a scientific theory, but not as a quasi-religious doctrine. We’re all responsible for the reputations we make, and ... we have to take the consequences. [AT THE BALLOT BOX]

"....But some of the people who imagine they’re honest skeptics only pretend their questions are about politics, when they’re really about mocking religious belief." ~ Wesley Pruden - editor emeritus of The Washington Times.

Excerpted from my post #22 above HERE

reaganaut wrote: “Or are you going to vote for Mitt just to prove to yourself you aren’t a bigot?”

Answer:

To: Jim Robinson:

“Here is the vote as recorded through post 423. Let me know if I missed your vote...”~ Jim Robinson

I see I’m not on the list, so you missed mine:

To: Jim Robinson

Newt

177posted on Monday, January 09, 2012 2:53:37 PM by Matchett-PI