Advise and Consent Quotes
This is the first American ordinance of freedom of conscience. Note that it only provided freedom of religion for Christians. However, that was an important first step as different sects of Christianity had been persecuting each other whenever the opportunity arose.
See {588514} for an additional take on the subject.
At the beginning of the Trump presidency, he had a very diffferent idea of the role of the Senators in the Appontment of the Cabinet then other Presidents have had and certainly that most senators had. However, the Republicans held the majority and most were cowed by the threat of Trump encouraging the nativists and the Tea Party to run against them from the right in the next primary.
At first this clause appears to be very enlightened and establishing freedom of conscience. This clause allowed Catholics to practice freely whereas in other colonies they could not. However, as one reads on, it becomes clear that the “tolerance” is limited to Christians only. Then if one examines the exception within the parentheses and refer to the rest of the act—see {611994}—, one finds that even Christians who have certain theological beliefs are to be put to death—those for example who deny the holiness of the Trinity such as Unitarians who were a major group in the New England Colonies. It was a significant step at the time however to protect Roman Catholics.
The title is borrowed from Senate Rule 38, which asks whether the Senate will advise and consent the given nomination.
