[robowombat]

No you are correct. The Constitution is mute on the subject so theoretically a cardinal could be President. I think Garfield was a licensed minister at the time he graduated from college. He didn't pursue a clerical career. I know I have read he presided over religious services while an officer in the Civil War.

[gusty]

We are on the same page. The Founders set the wall just in the right place. Lets keep it there, mostly for religions sake.

[jwalsh07]

The Cnstitution is not silent on this at all.

Article VI

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, anything 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.