Sentence examples for any religious test from inspiring English sources

The Constitution prohibits any religious test for public office.

Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First Amendment, they inserted a provision in the Constitution expressly prohibiting any religious test for office.

"Desecration" is a word foreign to the vocabulary of that fiercely secular document, whose only references to religion are in its stern proscriptions of any religious test for public office and any government establishment of, or infringement upon, religious practice.

"Faith doesn't just influence me," he says on camera, "it really defines me". The ad then hails him as a "Christian leader". Forget the implications of the idea that being a "Christian leader" is some special qualification for the presidency of a country whose Constitution (Article VI) explicitly rejects any religious test for office.

"Would it be above the Book of the Mormon, or would it be beneath it?" Although the Constitution bars any religious test for office, if polls are to be believed, Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, faces a serious obstacle to winning the presidency because of his faith.

Furthermore, we have a clause that specifically prohibits any religious test as a qualification for public office -- a concept that broke strongly with the traditions of the times.

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) has received an overwhelming response in support of refugees and in opposition to any religious tests, her staff said.

But he also refused to discuss it in any detail, claiming that would impose a religious test on his candidacy.

"This is not a religious test and it is not a ban on people of any religion," she said.

"This is not a religious test and it is not a ban on people of any religion," said his spokeswoman AshLee Strong.

"I don't support a religious test.