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1. A bill for establishing religious freedom.

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Jefferson, Thomas

Subjects
*LEGISLATIVE bills, *FREEDOM of religion
Abstract

Presents a legislative bill drafted by Thomas Jefferson for establishing religious freedom in the state of Virginia in the late 1700s. Key stipulations of the bill; Debate over whether the state should use its revenues to support religion; Assertion by Jefferson that religious belief should be solely a matter of private conscience and not public policy.

Published
2003

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