Fair enough, you've crushed my dreams of being a constitutional scholar. ;- ) Yeah, I generally think that religious tests are repugnant. Though there's the is

Fair enough, you've crushed my dreams of being a constitutional scholar. ;- ) Yeah, I generally think that religious tests are repugnant. Though there's the issue of Islam being a fancy religion with all the bells and whistles, such as an immutable holy language, a political ideology, a broad jurisprudence, and a warlord-prophet elevated nearly to the level of its god. I think it should be fair to ask if they hold any of the views which are obviously incompatible with 21st century western society; tossing gay people off high places like rooftops and cliffs, instituting a religious tax against non-muslims, humiliating the outgroup in the street (which is a much broader definition of humiliate than you normally use, probably includes sexual assault). I'm in a bit of a pickle with my own principles; because none of this should happen in principle, but the intention is largely valid.