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As of Saturday, you can get a drink without a meal, and serving hours are extended to midnight.

On May 1, outdoor bars can reopen in Connecticut, without the requirement that they serve food, with their curfews moved to midnight, and with the eight-person per-table limit lifted. Tavern owners with outdoor seating said they like to see restrictions lifted, but that doesn’t mean they’ll change their own procedures immediately.

Winthrop & Williams: Religious Persecution & Freedom in New England Article Send to Google Classroom: X The Puritans who settled New England claimed they came to the New World for religious freedom but, once settled, made it clear that this freedom was for themselves only and dissent would not be tolerated. Although the most famous example of this is Anne Hutchinson (l. 1591-1643 CE) who was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for her religious views in 1638 CE, an earlier illustration of t...

Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628-1691 CE) was the largest English settlement in New England and the most influential both in the colonization of the region...

After the Constitutional Convention ended, George Washington commented to Marquis de Lafayette, February 7, 1788: “With regard to the two great points (the pivots on which the whole machine must move) my creed is simply: First, That the general Government is not invested with more powers than are indispensably necessary to perform functions of a good government … Secondly, That these Powers … are so distributed among the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, into which t...

>> lawmakers voted to call this a christmas tree. but the governor calls it a holiday tree. >> i have my own religious views as a government official, i want to keep it separate. >> bill: he looks like doocy, that guy! the same dopey hair cut. >> hey! >> bill: governor chafee says the states founder was a proponent of operation of church and state. of course, that has nothing to do with it. what was that founders name? a, roger williams, b, thomas hooker, c, john willright, d, james edward olele...

>> lawmakers voted to call this a christmas tree. but the governor calls it a holiday tree. >> i have my own religious views as a government official, i want to keep it separate. >> bill: he looks like doocy, that guy! the same dopey hair cut. >> hey! >> bill: governor chafee says the states founder was a proponent of operation of church and state. of course, that has nothing to do with it. what was that founders name? a, roger williams, b, thomas hooker, c, john willright, d, james edward olele...

>> lawmakers voted to call this a christmas tree. but the governor calls it a holiday tree. >> i have my own religious views as a government official, i want to keep it separate. >> bill: he looks like doocy, that guy! the same dopey hair cut. >> hey! >> bill: governor chafee says the states founder was a proponent of operation of church and state. of course, that has nothing to do with it. what was that founders name? a, roger williams, b, thomas hooker, c, john willright, d, james edward olele...

That is not the same. >> right. >> glenn: explain the difference. >> its inalienable rights. those who came to america left europe. europe was collective rights and collective issues. they came to america and they said no, its individuals you and god. we established a freedom of conscious. not for the group. thats why one dissenting individual quaker can say im opposed to war. we say we let you off. opposed to taking an oath. okay, just do affirmation. we allowed the dissenters individually beca...

That is not the same. >> right. >> glenn: explain the difference. >> its inalienable rights. those who came to america left europe. europe was collective rights and collective issues. they came to america and they said no, its individuals you and god. we established a freedom of conscious. not for the group. thats why one dissenting individual quaker can say im opposed to war. we say we let you off. opposed to taking an oath. okay, just do affirmation. we allowed the dissenters individually beca...