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To: Steelfish

[It is an indisputable fact that the nation was founded on Biblical principles]

What was The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom founded on?


26 posted on 02/15/2010 5:51:12 PM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: LomanBill

No coercion on religious belief.
In CT, the Danbury Baptists were not allowed to perform certain religious rituals and were taxed to support the pay of Congregationalist ministers. Jefferson and others quite rightly did not like this.

Again remember, at the time of ratification, 9 states had Christian religions. Before ratification in Art VI, the only religious reference was that there would not be a religious test for government office.

Note: The Declaration of Independence has four references to God called Supreme Being and Creator in other places. I don’t think they had a Mayan God in their minds.


28 posted on 02/15/2010 5:57:52 PM PST by Steelfish
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