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.
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 isnt the issue. ..."
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".... "...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. Were 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 theyre honest skeptics only pretend their questions are about politics, when theyre really about mocking religious belief." ~ Wesley Pruden - editor emeritus of The Washington Times.
Excerpted from my post #22 above HERE
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reaganaut wrote: Or are you going to vote for Mitt just to prove to yourself you arent a bigot?
Answer:
Here is the vote as recorded through post 423. Let me know if I missed your vote...~ Jim Robinson
I see Im not on the list, so you missed mine:
To: Jim Robinson
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177posted on Monday, January 09, 2012 2:53:37 PM by Matchett-PI