Binding Ellison
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In the contretemps that has erupted over Dennis Prager’s call for Keith Ellison to be required to use a Bible, rather than a Koran, for his swearing in to Congress, Mr. Prager is not only wrong but his comments are so outrageous and, by our lights, almost unbelievably ignorant, that one just has to shake one’s head in wonder.
The prohibition on a religious test for office under the United States is the most emphatic statement in the entire Constitution, where it appears in Article VI, which provides, among other things, that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” No. Ever. Any. How could the Founders have been any more emphatic?
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