A Republican senator asked Biden's Justice Department nominee: "Do you believe in God?"
Can you imagine the reaction on the right if a Democratic senator posed that question to literally any Republican nominee?
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Can you imagine the reaction on the right if a Democratic senator posed that question to literally any Republican nominee?
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The GOP position appears to be: Democrats aren't allowed to ask Republican nominees any question that might tangentially relate to religion, even if the nominee has said their religion informs their views. But Republicans can impose a religious test on Democratic nominees.
Josh Hawley claimed that merely asking Amy Coney Barrett about Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark decision establishing a constitution right to contraception, constituted "religious bigotry" against Catholics. lawandcrime.com/awkward/gop-se…
Here’s Republican Sen. John Kennedy imposing a religious test on Hampton Dellinger, a Biden nominee to the Justice Department. “Do you believe in God?”
The constitutional prohibition against religious tests for public office only applies when Democrats are asking the questions. slate.com/news-and-polit…
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