Virginia State Bill for Religious Tolerance

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Channel: David Pope · 2011 · Education

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Thomas Jefferson penned this bill in 1777, eventually becoming law in Virginia early in the Revolutionary Era.  The civil liberties discussed in this bill were eventually permanently protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1788.  This bill laid the foundation for the disestablishment clause and the separation of church and state.  Related document: Danbury Baptist Association letter.

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