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On 9 December 2018, BeBest.website published an article reporting that President Trump had instructed his acting secretary of state to nullify any oaths of office that were taken on a Quran: This report was not a genuine news story. BeBest.website is part of the Last Line of Defense network of junk news web sites and does not publish factual stories. The website carries multiple disclaimers labeling its content as satire, such as the site tag line information you probably shouldn't trust to be best, the article label Xenophobic Satire for Geriatric Taters, and a definition of the word satire in the site's footer. The text of the article also included a number of red flags. For instance, no position of White House Director of Information and Propaganda exists in the United States government, nor does a Constantinople Clause appear in the United States constitution. While this article is clearly a bit of fiction, the general idea behind it, that Muslims should be banned from holding government positions, has been argued by real world politicians. However, Article VI of the constitution explicitly states that no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. Moreover, as we've noted in previous articles on the subject, religious texts aren't actually required or used during the swearing-in of state legislators and members of the U.S. Congress -- they're merely props utilized in ceremonial photographs taken afterwards.
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