William Federer: Jefferson's Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom — The Patriot Post
He continued: âOur forefathers, seeking refuge from religious persecution, believed in the eternal truth that freedom is not a gift from the government, but a sacred right from Almighty God. On the coattails of the American Revolution, on January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom ⦠This seminal bill, penned by Thomas Jefferson, states that, âall men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacit...
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