 in the state constitution you had to be a protestant three states were liberal and said all you had to do was be a plain christian and then one had zero religious requirements rhode island founded by baptists they said if you required some someone to be a christian they could say they were even if they weren't and that would be hypocritical so just vote for the best christian person you know but here's for example delaware it was the first state to ratify the u.s constitution