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longship

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15. Article VI, last paragraph.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #10)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 03:43 PM

Feb 2014

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.

Emphasis mine.

Claiming to be Christian in this context is a non-sequitur.

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Have you read the entire Constitution of The United States, [View all] MineralMan Feb 2014 OP

Can't claim to have read all the amendments. NuclearDem Feb 2014 #1

Not in the past three years, but more than once the past 10 (GWB* gave me much motivation to do so) hlthe2b Feb 2014 #2

Repeatedly. Half-Century Man Feb 2014 #3

I had to vote "no" because it's been more than three years. arcane1 Feb 2014 #4

Oh, wait. In the past three years? Then, No. Iggo Feb 2014 #5

The three year thing is just there to provide an idea of MineralMan Feb 2014 #6

and Token Republican Feb 2014 #7

That's a great combination, isn't it? MineralMan Feb 2014 #8

About the 50% of your views not considered liberal... morningfog Feb 2014 #12

Here Token Republican Feb 2014 #13

Yes to the entirety at least once recently. Portions of it all the time. morningfog Feb 2014 #9

Thanks. It's good to hear from people for whom it is MineralMan Feb 2014 #11

I'm a christian and I have read the U.S. Constitution. Ptah Feb 2014 #10

Article VI, last paragraph. longship Feb 2014 #15

A previous post by the OP broke down the respondents by religion. Ptah Feb 2014 #16

That's okay. I'm an atheist lesbian and I carry a copy in my purse. theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #21

Yup! I carry one with me just about everywhere. longship Feb 2014 #14

Nope. Only the bill of rights. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2014 #17

8th grade history class - it's a requirement in California. Initech Feb 2014 #18

It's among the shortest constitutions in the world. WatermelonRat Feb 2014 #19

Read it all, but not in the last 3 years (nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #20

I copied the whole thing by hand when I was a teenager. trackfan Feb 2014 #22

You win the prize! theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #23