A religious test is a legal requirement to swear faith to a specific religion or sect, or to renounce the same. The Test Act 1673 in England obligated...
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The No Religious Test Clause of the United States Constitution is a clause within Article VI, Clause 3: Senators and Representatives before mentioned,...
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The Test Acts were a series of penal laws originating in Restoration England, passed by the Parliament of England, that served as a religious test for...
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Separation of church and state in the United States (redirect from Religious-state separation in the United States)
time, Article Six of the United States Constitution specifies that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust...
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made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land, forbids a religious test as a requirement for holding a governmental position, and holds the...
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Freedom of religion in the United States (redirect from Status of religious freedom in the United States)
places: in the First Amendment, and the Article VI prohibition on religious tests as a condition for holding public office. The First Amendment prohibits...
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the No Religious Test Clause, and Emma Green of The Atlantic wrote that Sanders' questioning "flirted with the boundaries" of the No Religious Test Clause...
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Freedom of religion in the Philippines (redirect from Status of religious freedom in the Philippines)
and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required...
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Religion in Australia (redirect from List of Australian religious organizations)
religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification...
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suffrage was often restricted by property qualifications or with a religious test. In 1660, Plymouth Colony restricted suffrage with a specified property...
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presented himself as a test of the federal government's attempt to outlaw polygamy. The Court investigated the history of religious freedom in the United...
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religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification...
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a religious test for any office:— Ch 5 § 116 The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance...
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Torcaso v. Watkins (category Religious discrimination in Maryland)
prohibits states and the federal government from requiring any kind of religious test for public office, in this case as a notary public. In the early 1960s...
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Separation of church and state (redirect from Religious-political separation)
requiring a religious test for any office: Ch 5 § 116 The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance...
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The Universities Tests Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It abolished religious "Tests" and allowed Roman...
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Russell introduced the Sacramental Test Bill, which would Repeal the Test and Corporation Acts. Russell argued that religious liberty was a more effective safeguard...
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Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl), also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, is a measure of the representation of women in film and other fiction. The test asks...
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Discrimination against atheists (redirect from Religious persecution of Atheists)
prohibits states and the federal government from requiring any kind of religious test for public office, in this specific case as a notary public. This decision...
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State religion (redirect from Religious state)
ruled unanimously that such clauses constituted a religious test incompatible with the religious test prohibition in Article 6 Section 3 of the Constitution...
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opposing an established state religion. His No Religious Test Clause read as follows: no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any...
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Article VI of the Constitution of the United States declares that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust...
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various populations and makes it possible to test theories about the causes of religious behavior. Religious commitment is lower in countries with higher...
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imposing any religious observance, or prohibiting the free exercise of any religion. Section 116 also provides that no religious test shall be required...
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Constitution, to differentiate them from civil officers. For example, the No Religious Test clause of Article VI includes both civil officers (commissioned either...
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swearing-in ceremony. The Constitution of the United States states "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust...
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University. The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege (Doubleday, 2006) The Religious Test (2010) "Damon Linker | Department of Political Science". live-sas-www-polisci...
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Theology (section Religious studies)
historical, and others) to help understand, explain, test, critique, defend or promote any myriad of religious topics. As in philosophy of ethics and case law...
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Religion in the Philippines (redirect from Religious demographics of the Philippines)
and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required...
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