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In the United States, No.
From the United States Constitution in Article VI, section 3:
no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
This has been interpreted to mean that no metaphysical belief is required or may be inquired of.
In many nations, this is not true. Monarchies have long held that citizens who wish to hold office must state their belief in a deity and the the divine right of the monarch of the nation to rule.
No, qualifying or disqualifying a federal candidate on the basis of religion would be a violation of religious freedom.
Moreover, such an act would be in direct contravention of the explilcit language of Article VI, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the United States of America.
No, it is against the law to hire or not hire people because of their religious beliefs.
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What qualification for holding any public office is forbidion?
religious test
What qualification for holding any public office is foridden in the constitution?
A religious test.
What article of the constitution states that a person's religion is of no importance in holding federal office?
Article VI, Section III. It prohibits any religious test being applied for entrance to holding a federal office. The view of US government religious neutrality is further buttressed by the First Amendment, which forbids the establishment of religion.
Do you have to take religious tests to run for a job in government office?
No religious test can be given as a prerequisite for a government job of any type. (Separation of church and state is the precedent for this.)
What qualifications for holding any public office is forbidden?
No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
What is never to be required as a qualification to any office under the US?
The United States Constitution states that a religious test shall never be required when it comes to holding office. This is found in Article VI, paragraph 3.
Which test cannot be required of any person holding a US office?
A Religion Test cannot be required if they are in office.
What cannot be used as a requirement for holding federal office?
A certain religious belief. Article VI, paragraph 3, of the US Constitution states (in part): "...no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."
What qualification can never be required for any office holder or employee of the government in the USA?
Religious test in the USA. In certain Islamic countries it would be essential.
What does the constitution forbid as a qualification to hold office?
Religious Test
What shall never be required as qualification to any office?
religious test
Do US government officials have to take a religious test?
No- no such test is required or can be required under the law.
