Still Running Off at the Keyboard

It is the intention of the Family Research Council to encourage legislators not to pit nominees' faith against their fitness for public office. We will continue to remind citizens that Article VI of the U.S. Constitution clearly states that "...no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." Your reported line of questioning, and criteria on eliminating any jurist who takes a moral stance on the sanctity of human life, effectively imposes a religious litmus test that would exclude a wide spectrum of people of strong religious beliefs.