Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140072299

There are only three references in that great document to the issue of religion. The first is in the Bill of Rights to guarantee to each of us the right to believe as we wish or not to believe. second. that our government will never establish a religion. and. third. that there will never be a test for qualification for public office involving ones religious beliefs. Making a religious test for public office or even a religious test for immigration is inconsistent with those basic valuesinconsistent with those four freedoms. Yet even in this Presidential campaign today. we hear candidates making that proposal. Freedom of speech means allowing others to speak. too. not shouting down those who think differently than we do.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
RICHARD DURBIN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
2016-01-11
Speech ID
1140072299
Paragraph
#0
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