Virginia Wesleyan College

"The goal of the Religion Clauses is clear: to carry out the Founders' plan of preserving religious lliberty to the fullest extent possible in a pluralistic society."
-- Sandra Day O'Connor, retired Supreme Court Justice

 

Article VI, clause 3:

No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.