The stigma attached to needing to be a believer to serve in government, makes a mockery of your 1st. amendment.funny because that is what they relish most of all whether directly or using the congregational code they all live by ...
equal time for the politicians and atheists at the pulpit would resolve that issue with a healthy perspective and should be added to the 1st amendment.
or - as celibates fighting abortion rights to make everyone as miserable as they are has been working for centuries including their alternative horseplay as their example of religious freedom.
Leave it the way it is or fix it. In truth, that's what your coming election is really all about.
Unfortunately, a solution will be avoided and perhaps the remedy will have to be found in your Second amendment.