Ted Deutch Quotes

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.

The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy.

We do not want to live in a theocracy. We should maintain that barrier and government has no business telling someone what they ought to believe or how they should conduct their private lives.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent, thoughtful schoolchildren.

Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should ever have to conduct a marriage that is inconsistent with their religious beliefs. But I think as a civil institution, this issue's time has come and we need to move forward.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

There is little doubt that religious liberty is best exercised within the setting of the secular state.

We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.

What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights.

Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than on opinions in physics or geometry.

There shall be no establishment of any one religious sect in this State in preference to another, and no Protestant inhabitants of this State shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right merely on account of his religious principles; but all persons professing a belief in the faith of any Protestant sect, who shall demean themselves peaceably, shall be capable of being elected to any office of profit or trust, and shall fully and freely enjoy every privilege and immunity enjoyed by other citizens

I believe in the separation of church and state... We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who don't believe at all... They are all citizens of Minnesota and I have to respect that.

… to claim the President of the United States must hold your theological position is absurd. He is President of the United States of America not the President of the Baptist convention or Bishop of the Sanctified or Holiness Church. He is called to protect the rights of Jew and Gentile, male and female, young and old

With us, the State is undoubtedly on solid ground in refusing to decide what type of religion is best for society. Society is left free to work out the problem. And here is a curious and pertinent matter for remark: that the Stale is the only department of civilization which, by common consent, is denied this privilege.

There's no religious test in our country, and there shouldn't be. We're an open, competitive society.

All polling places should be safe, without discrimination against any religion.

People must have the right to freely practice their religion. It is written in our founding documents and at the core of our values. If you look at my record, you'll see I safeguarded those values.

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right.

If America has a civic religion, the First Amendment is its central article of faith.

We have no right to prejudice another in his civil enjoyments because he is of another church.

The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext infringed.

You're entitled in this country to worship as you please or to not worship. It's one of the great things that defines us as a nation, and it's at the heart of what it is to be in America.