To: DiogenesLamp
I'm glad you asked.
Article VI, Section 3, of the Constitution of 1787:
...but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
32 posted on
09/21/2015 7:36:47 AM PDT by
henkster
(Liberals forget Dickens' kids forged an Empire on which the sun never set.)
To: henkster
Article VI, Section 3, of the Constitution of 1787:
Interestingly enough it was only a few years later when Catholic immigration restrictions were lifted but it still took nearly 200 years before people were willing to accept a Catholic president.
46 posted on
09/21/2015 7:41:53 AM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
To: henkster
Article VI, Section 3, of the Constitution of 1787: ...but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
But what did that mean in 1787? What was the spirit of the law back then? In what context did they use the word "religious"?
66 posted on
09/21/2015 7:52:58 AM PDT by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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