It was a disingenuous argument - I’m not saying there is a religious test, but there is a religious test.
Peddle the theocracy next election cycle. No one is buying the BS this time round.
Deal with it.
Red herring. Nothing in the article has anything to do with "theocracy." Rather it has to do with the virtue that our Founders expected that both the people and the leaders they selected would posses.
Trump is weighed in the balances and found wanting.
I have seen many acknowledge that Trump is very virtue deficient and proclaim it to be of no consequence.
"Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone, which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free Constitution is pure virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People in a greater Measure than they have it now, they may change their rulers and the forms of government, but they will not obtain a lasting liberty."
John Adams