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To: Matchett-PI

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ....” and Article VI specifies that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

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It says CONGRESS. It doesn’t say anything about individuals not having a religious test. There cannot be laws stating that a certain faith cannot run. HUGE difference there, buddy.


24 posted on 01/14/2012 2:39:29 PM PST by reaganaut (If Romney is a conservative then I'm the frickin Angel Moroni.)
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To: reaganaut
"It doesn’t say anything about individuals not having a religious test."

Some would phrase that as, "It doesn’t say anything about BIGOTS not having a religious test."

Of course, I'd never phrase it that way.

25 posted on 01/14/2012 2:44:27 PM PST by Matchett-PI ("One party will generally represent the envied, the other the envious. Guess which ones." ~GagdadBob)
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