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Ari Fleischer: Our constitution says there's no religious test for the presidency nor for any other high office or low office in this…

On the recordOctober 16, 2011
Our constitution says there's no religious test for the presidency nor for any other high office or low office in this country. That's the spirit on which our country was founded.
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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Fleischer discusses the importance of religious freedom and the lack of a religious test for political office in the U.S.

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