I believe in a complete separation of church and state. and in this belief go so far as to assert that the daily prayers in this House. is well as all Sunday laws. are unconstitutional. because they signify a mixing of church and state. These views. although Lutheran. doctrine. I hold not as a Lutheran. but as an American who reveres the Constitution. As such. too. I believe in religious freedom and religious tolerance. Therefore. and I say it with utmost deliberation. when I am called upon to violate the oath which I have made 10 times in this House to uphold the Constitution. when I am asked to discriminate between citizen and citizen because of their religion and to vote to restrict immigration because part of it happens to come from Catholic countries. rather than comply with such a demand. Mr. Chairman.
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