". . .no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION Article VI Clause 3. Read it here. George Will quoted this clause of the US Constitution in the column that appeared in the Sunday, May 15, 2005 issue of the Omaha World Herald. The column first appeared in the "Washington Post" Thursday, May 5, 2005; Page A25. See it online here. Free subscription may be necessary.
George F. Will concluded his column saying, "Unbelievers should not cavil about this acknowledgment of majority sensibilities. But Republicans should not seem to require, de facto, what the Constitution forbids, de jure: "No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust."