WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum and Wesley Theological Seminary are sponsoring a discussion on "Religious tests for office? The role of religious affiliation in American politics," at 7 p.m. ET, Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Although Article VI of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test for office, the religious affiliation of candidates often plays a major role in political campaigns. How important is religious affiliation in contemporary American elections? What religious tests do voters apply? As former Gov. Mitt Romney prepares for another presidential run, and President Barack Obama combats confusion about his faith, this...
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At the Values Voters Summit in Washington, D.C., last weekend, a respected Baptist pastor from Texas, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, introduced Gov. Rick Perry. Do we want a candidate who is a good moral person or one who is a born-again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ?" Then he upped the ante, responding to the press:
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...David M. Gormley, Edward B. Foley, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO, Columbus, Ohio, f..., that Jimmy "chose a verse in the New Testament, Matthew 19:26 . . . from which to draw the offici... giving voice, in general terms, to religious sentiments widely shared by those of its citizens ... neither undertaken to impose a secular political culture on the nation nor consented to abandon the...
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