On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
I do not like this rule because it allowed a bill to come to the floor that I find deeply offensive to the First Amendment protection of religious freedom. But if this was an issue important enough for Madison and Jefferson to debate for 10 years in the Virginia legislature, the issue of religious freedom in America, then certainly it is worthy of our discussion here on the floor. I guess what I would like to ask the gentleman is just do you not think it is wrong that you would have to pass my personal religious test to qualify for a tax-funded job? Why should you have to pass my religious test? Why should I have the right to give you a religious test to qualify for a job that is being paid for by the American taxpayers?
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