"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States of America." -- U.S. Constitution, Article VI
Theocracy: Government controlled by a specific religious group.
Theocracy in America is not possible, as long as the Constitution is in place.
Recent calls to register all those of a certain faith because they are perceived as "un-American" violates not only the Constitution itself but also the First Amendment guarantee of freedom to practice any religion.
Closing a building dedicated to the practice of a religious faith is a clear violation of the First Amendment, and any move to enable such an action by suspending the Constitution would be a dictatorial act anathema to the spirit of American democracy.
In the current anti-Muslim hysteria, many warn of a conspiracy to impose Sharia law on America, just as it dominates in some Middle Eastern nations. But to counter such fear by imposing Biblical law is equally dangerous, and against the guiding principles established by the founders.
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