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What part of the US Constitution did the Statute for Religious Freedom come from?
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∙ 14y ago
It is in the Bill of Rights in the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom is the document prepared in 1786 by Thomas Jefferson upon which the religious freedoms of the US Constitution is based, "Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but 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 nowise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities."
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religious
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To escape persecution and have religious freedom.
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In short, for religious freedom.
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to gain religious freedom
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Freedom of Speech is one of the freedoms listed in the First Amendment of the US Constitution
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to find religious freedom and have food, gold ,and land and spices but mostly for freedom
What prompted thomas Jefferson to write the Virginia statute of religious freedom?
He was a well educated man, no doubt aware of the history of pain, injustice and persecution heaped upon mankind by the various religions of the world over the century's. any man prompted to act with an ability to see that he is not necessarily always right could not come to any other way of thinking. Read the article on the related link below (Virigina Statute for Religious Freedom of 1786) for more information on this issue.
