Associated Press is reporting that "Religion Looms Large Over 2008 Race." Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, however, is hurting him as he runs for the GOP nomination.
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibits using religion as a test for political office. Romney's faith should not be an issue in his run for president. Hilary's gender and Obama's race shouldn't be an issue either.
Ironically, while the constitution originally did not grant women nor African-Americans the right to vote, the odds are higher for Clinton or Obama to be elected president than for Romney.
How can "conservative" voters affirm allegiance to the "original intentions" of the founding fathers while disregarding their clear intentions regarding the prohibition against establishing a national religion and against religious tests for holding public office?
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The Constitutional ban on a religious test for federal office rules out a LEGAL requirement of some religious belief or practice as a precondition for office. It does not, nor should it, try to prohibit individual citizens from taking the religious identification, membership, beliefs, practices (or appearances of such), as criteria in their selection of persons to elect or to vote against.
That individual voter's religious test can cut both ways. One can vote for someone because they share their beliefs. One can vote against someone because they are stupid enough to hold certain religious beliefs.
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