They all miss the point... anyone can run for president that fits the criteria... voting for that person is a different matter... they should say that a Muslim could run... I just wouldn’t vote for them.
Maybe not constitutional. But definitely suicidal. Look at what our current muslim potus has wrought in America.
He really needs to let this subject drop.
If a Muzzie did run and got elected, and then went on to “fundamentally transform” the U.S. Government into a government ruled by Sharia law, the Constitution would be no longer valid and everything becomes fair game. The contract between the People and the government would have been broken.
Common sense is out the door.
We have seen disasterous results of socialists in office, and a muslim in office now.
Yes, and NO ONE HAS SUGGESTED OTHERWISE!
So why do conservative Republicans TAKE THIS BAIT?!
What an a$$whole. Their ideology is unconstitutional. They cannot hold office because they are for a theocracy (the establishment of a religion) which forbids others to practice their religion, and that’s unconstitutional.
He is truly an idiot.
The oath of office excludes them.
Sharia Law is NOT compatible with oir Constitution!!!!!
They contained "generally" many of the rights found in what we know as the Federal Bill of Rights.
But there were more states to come...and so the Federal Government chose the best of the best and that became the Federal Bill of Rights.
Actually, they were added well after the Constitution was approved and were a stipulation of that original approval.
I believe a site called Avalon has all those individual Constitutions...on the web.
It wouldn’t need to be a religious test, it’s an organization espousing destruction of the constitution and violent altering of government...
All I can think of are the things libs have said about Kim Davis.
Cruz is correct about the Muslim religious question, but don’t you have to be an actual ‘American’ to be President ?
One can focus on the public policy record, and that will do just fine.
That record will reflect the faith or lack thereof of the person involved.
Look at Obama's record, for instance.
Cruz' artful answer just showed how a person supporting Sharia, for instance, could be excluded by virtue of their support for Sharia as a matter of policy, without bringing their religious beliefs into the mix.
gee we might have to count on the COMMON SENSE of the American voter to exclude a Mohammadem from the office of President
we might even have to count on the COMMON SENSE of the American voter to exclude a Mohammadem from the office .... that Openly Proudly Islamic Keith Ellison currently holds....
The Founders were counting on a populace unafraid to use the brain that God gave them
And, there's nothing there that says that I have to vote for a muslim either. If they don't like it, tough shit.
If muslims have a problem with that, I would say move to country that is more accommodating to them, like somewhere in europe.
But the President takes the following oath:
Oath of Office for President of the United States
US Constitution, Article II, Section 1
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
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Is it possible for a Muslim to take that oath and defend the Constitution of the US? This is the issue.
If the founding fathers were devout Christians, establishing a nation on Christian principles and values, I would expect they never dreamed of the day that a muslim would occupy the highest office in the land. Or any other office, for that matter.
I don’t see how a devout muslim could love The Great Satan.
He is right.
What so many in this discussion (not here, but in general) are confusing is a basic understanding of the Constitution:
The Constitution limits what the government can do, not what 'We the people can do'.
Yes, yes, that is a simplistic, yet idealistic version.