braindead08The Constitution clearly states (at the end of Article VI) “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” This is reinforced by the First and Fourteenth Amendments (prohibiting establishment of a state religion by federal or state governments), the Treaty with Tunis (declaring that the United States is not a Christian country), etc. Since the presidential oath of office requires the president to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”, Dr. Carson is not qualified to be president, and tacitly, neither are the other candidates in that debate. .Lacking any Muslim reply, this United Methodist will have to do.
braindead08The Constitution clearly states (at the end of Article VI) “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” This is reinforced by the First and Fourteenth Amendments (prohibiting establishment of a state religion by federal or state governments), the Treaty with Tunis (declaring that the United States is not a Christian country), etc. Since the presidential oath of office requires the president to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States”, Dr. Carson is not qualified to be president, and tacitly, neither are the other candidates in that debate. .Lacking any Muslim reply, this United Methodist will have to do.