?104] SLACK Horn CONGRESS 155T Slasslox . Expressing the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nominee to Federal office on the basis of' membership in the Knights of Columbus violates the Constitution of the United States. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. Sass]; submitted the Following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that disqualifying a nomi- nee to Federal of?ce on the basis of membership in the Knights of Columbus violates the Constitution of the United States. Whereas, throughout the luster}r of the United States, the re- ligions liberty protected by both the First Amendment and the No Religions Test Clause of the Constitution of the United States has been at the heart of the American esperiment; Whereas, in 1960, the presidential candidacy of John F. Ken- lied}r was met with significant anti?(flatholic blg?Otl?Y; Whereas then Senator Kennedy responded to the bigotry with these timeless words: ?For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the ?nger of suspicion is pointed, cameo.? 2 in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew or a Quaker or a [Tint?arian or a Batu-1st. Today I may be the Victim, but tomorrow it may be you, until the whole fabric of Our harmonious societgsr is ripped at a time of great nationai peril?; Whereas the Knights of Columbus in this preamble referred to as the ?Knights?) constitute the largest. Catholic fra- ternal service organization in the world; Whereas the Knights have a proud tradition of standing against the forces of prejudice and oppression, such as the Ku Kim: Klan and Nazi Germain: lvii-Utereas the Knights are founded on the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism; and Whereas, in 2017, the Knights made more than $185,000,000 in cl'iarit-able contributions and volunteered more than 75,600,000 service hours: Now, therefore, be. it 1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that dis- Qualifj?ing' a 1'1omi11ee to Federal office on the basis of nieinbersl'iilii in the Knights of Columbus violates clause 3 of article VI of the Constitution of the United States, which establishes that Senators ?shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support thle} Constitution? and ?no rev lig?ious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust wider the United States?.