Posted on 01/16/2018 7:45:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
(CNSNews.com) -- Today, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring January 16, 2018 as Religious Freedom Day, wherein he noted that, "Our 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."
Below is the full text of the proclamation:
"Faith is embedded in the history, spirit, and soul of our Nation. On Religious Freedom Day, we celebrate the many faiths that make up our country, and we commemorate the 232nd anniversary of the passing of a State law that has shaped and secured our cherished legacy of religious liberty.
"Our 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, all 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 capacities. Five years later, these principles served as the inspiration for the First Amendment, which affirms our right to choose and exercise faith without government coercion or reprisal.
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Thats got to have the Leftists spitting nails.
Well, CNN will have a field day tomorrow.
To LIB lunatics a leftist fascist government is their god,
That dude must have oldTimers disease or something, he should get a checkup
It’s GREAT to have an American President again.
Love my POTUS.
May God continue to bless and keep him.
It’s GREAT to have a natural born American President again.
Trump = Divine intervention
Thank you God in heaven.
Can’t wait to tune in to CNN tomorrow! Will it be having a cow over which issue tomorrow?
1) Religious proclamation day
2) Trumps health report
3) Sxxx-Hole countries remark
Sounds like a good example for us to follow.
Trump speaks the absolute truth. What a blessing he is.
The Declaration of Independence says the following...
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
It is great. I am very thankful but I feel frustrated because now is the time when so much can be accomplished as well as many horrors prevented. Yet Republican Congressmen are too busy virtue signaling to get anything done. The biggest virtue signaling darling is Lindsey Graham.
But things could have turned out so much worse.
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