Jamie Raskin, speaking at a House Judiciary Committee hearing, takes on Republicans who voted to post the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. He cites Article 6, Clause 3 of the Constitution, which bars religious tests for public office, and argues that rounding up politicians to vote on the commandments looks like one.
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- Mr. Raskin
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they voted to endorse the 10 Commandments and post the 10 Commandments in every public school classroom in their states. I didn't even know that was necessary because I thought the 10 Commandments were doing all right after millennia. I didn't know they needed an endorsement from the Republican conference, but they went ahead and did that. Now they want to have votes in every state legislature to endorse the 10 Commandments and to post the 10 Commandments. I'm opposed to that because of the provision in the Constitution, Article 6, Clause 3, which says there shall be no religious tests for public office. That sounds like a religious test when you round up all the politicians and you ask them to vote on the Ten Commandments. And by the way, if we are going to vote on the Ten Commandments, Mr. Chairman, I do not support that omnibus Republican package. I think we should have to vote on each commandment separately. And I don't think that you should be able to vote for any commandment you yourself have ever violated because then we'll be taking the name of the Lord in vain.
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