“How am I ignoring the Constitution?”
I’ll take your word, rather than check the entire thread.
However, your friend used the blatant example of a Radical Muslim running for office. As offensive as Radical Islam is, if that person wishes to run for office and is otherwise Constitutionally eligible, YES....they can run for office under the Constitution. It’s that simple. Your friends disagree. They also include Mormons, and I’m sure they have a list of other unapproved religions - I mean why stop at just a couple?
Are you on their side, or the side of the Constitution?
It’s pretty simple, really. Refusing to vote for someone solely because of his race is racism. Refusing to vote for someone solely because of his religion is bigotry.
Seems our engineer should stick to that, since it is apparent there is a gross lack of understanding what the constitution actually states as well as its application. It means that there can be no LAWS established - but citizens are free to use their own criteria to include religion. The constitutional point here, that RF inexcusably misses, is that the restriction found in the Constitution is placed on the federal government, not on the people. So while the federal government is prohibited from applying a religious test for federal office, there is absolutely no restriction placed on voters. Voters are free to apply any religious test they want.
some practical things continually escape engineers.
They didn’t say they couldn’t RUN. They asked you if you would WANT them to run. Would you vote for them?