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# Santa Monica Don’t have to be religious to serve
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-dont-have-to-be-religious-to-serve-editor/
- Published: 2008-05-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:26:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By John Legreid Santa Monica*

No religious test shall ever be required for any constitutional office. U.S. Constitution article VI-3\. Your “Mailman Breen” on March 26, 2008 spends a whole page putting Barack Obama, his pastor and their religion to an unconstitutional test. The three prime contenders for the next election have willfully given their statements of faith.

Better, they should have refused any such disclosure as a part of their campaign as putting an unconstitutional requirement upon all the other candidates. Since the first election, I was aware of the media that has been a major conspirator to aid and abet this unconstitutional conduct.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 2, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050208.pdf?ref=smdp.com)