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2.297 documents for religious test for voting
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The Constitution says there shall not be a religious test for holding office. But, in the minds of a large chunk of the voting public, religion is something to think about. Particularly right now when Randy Forbes, the Congressman from Chesapeake, is running against Dr. Wynne LeGrow, the retired physician from Emporia. Forbes is a devout Christian. LeGrow is an atheist. Constitution or not, that will affect the outcome.
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Many a reader of the literature on this subject has noted that writers in the field propose rules of dialogue that tend to give off the refined vapors of the seminar room or the faculty lounge, not the pugnacious atmosphere of our daily political dialogue.4 In this Article, I hope to thread a path through both the timely and the timeless, by examining the eternal question of whether and how religion should involve itself in political debate through the words of the central actors: the political candidates themselves. [...] contrary to Romney, it is one of genuine engagement, which is ultimately the truest expression of respect for religion.
...Americans have always been a religious people, as Justice Douglas famously observed.10 Bu... these politicians themselves, forged and tested in the crucible of electoral politics, one may lea... - the letters and pamphlets likening voting for a Catholic candidate to "voting for a Fascist,...
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... weapons falling into the hands of religious militants, is a source of anxiety for the U.S. In ... of Pakistan and galvanized the PPP voting base. In her speeches and interviews, she showed c.... (13) Tanveer Ahmed, "Economy Woes Real Test of President Zardari," Daily Times, 7 September 20...
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... the commission's size violated § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, finding that respondents satis... to black candidates, and there was testimony from respondents that they were unaware of any rac... of representation: "When racial or religious. 14 Cf. Lijphart, Proportionality by Non-PR Method...
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... race equality and demonstrates that, in voting to uphold and to limit affirmative action policies... may not be New Haven's effort to identify a test for selecting employees without racial disparate i... not as members of racial, ethnic, or religious groups. It is for this reason that we must subject...
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... of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion... (as we have seen) of all religious tests. Thus, the whole power over the subject of religio... cohabiting with more than one woman" from voting or serving on juries. The Court sustained the law,...
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... permit denial under, inter alia, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA). The Distri..., the Court declined to apply the balancing test of Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U. S. 398 , which asks... may be drawn between RFRA and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, provisions of which were uphel...
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... in high-growth areas, following county and voting precinct lines, and avoiding the pairing of incumb...For a number of reasons, that test is unconvincing. There is some merit to the State'... one segment-whether racial, ethnic, religious, or political- that may occupy a position of stren...
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..., 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 ... for holding political office, voting in elections, teaching at a university, or exercis...
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...The Rise of the Majority Voting Standard 5. The Elimination of Broker Discretionar...Using an Independent Instrumentality Test Helps to Delineate the Border Line Between Governm... not only pension funds but also religious organizations, socially oriented investment funds,...
