In their design of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786), Jefferson and Madison declined to make Christian belief a requirement to hold office, and explicitly said that if a Muslim could get elected, there should be no barrier to their holding office.

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“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

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Marisa's entire piece is terrific, but this part has really stuck with me. A group of College Republicans decided that El-Sayed wasn't "welcome" in the Senate and set out to stop him.

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Thx to Dr. Jack Brown and others who provide JFK’s response to the “divided loyalty” charge that Tommy (who, it turns out, is likely a GOP plant) revives against el-Sayed. El-Sayed mentions JFK’s statement in his Socratic Method reply.

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Two decades ago the Chicks got in trouble for saying at a concert that they were ashamed George W. Bush was from Texas, and now they've got a contender for Texas's Senate seat saying at a concert how proud he is they're from Texas.

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