Article VI of the Constitution: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” 

President Bush (6/27/02): "... we need common sense judges who understand that our rights were derived from God. Those are the kind of judges I intend to put on the bench." 
 

On January 16, 2002, President Bush issued a proclamation for “Religious Freedom Day”. Then on April 26, 2002 President Bush issued a proclamation for a “National Prayer Day”.

In his first proclamation Bush stated “Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our Republic, a core principle of our Constitution, and a fundamental human right.”  He went on “...our Founders constitutionally limited our Federal Government's capacity to interfere with religious belief by prohibiting the Congress from passing any law "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." 

President Bush then proceeded to urge “... all Americans to observe this day by asking for the blessing and protection of Almighty God for our Nation..”  And in the second proclamation he asked Americans “... to pray for God's protection, to express gratitude for our blessings, and to seek moral and spiritual renewal...”