Apparently we are living in a fundamentalist theocracy along the lines of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Here in America, we have this little thing called the Constitution. Elected officials - including the president - are sworn to uphold the Constitution.
The Constitution specifically and clearly sez : NO RELIGIOUS TEST.
United States Constitution, Article VI:
. . . no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. . . . [ emphasis supplied ]
Apparently Bush thinks otherwise . . . and digs an even deeper hole.
BELOW THE JUMP . . .
Bush: Miers' Religion Cited in Court Nod
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
24 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday that Harriet Miers' religious beliefs figured into her nomination to the Supreme Court as a top-ranking Democrat warned against any "wink and a nod" campaign for confirmation.
"People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers," Bush told reporters at the White House. "Part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion."
Bush, speaking at the conclusion of an Oval Office meeting with visiting Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, said that his advisers were reaching out to conservatives who oppose her nomination "just to explain the facts." He spoke on a day in which conservative James Dobson, founder of Focus on Family, said he had discussed the nominee's religious views with presidential aide Karl Rove.
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Another article ( also by Nedra Pickler, A P ) digs deeper. And yields this explosive quote - which references Rove but also applies to Bush's comments today :
. . . Asked
why Rove would have discussed Miers' religious views if the president ascribes to a conservative judicial philosophy that backs a strict interpretation of the Constitution regardless of one's views on various issues, McClellan said it was just part of an "outreach" to help people get to know Miers.
"What we have seen so far," [ Sen Patrick ] Leahy said, "is more of a commentary on the litmus tests and narrow motivations of vocal factions on the Republican right than it is a commentary on the qualifications of Harriet Miers."