The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is a statement about both freedom of conscience and the principle of separation of church and state.

The statute disestablished the Church of England in Virginia and guaranteed freedom of religion to people of all religious faiths. Background · Text of statute

The statute affirms the rights of Virginians to choose their faiths without coercion; separates church and state.

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom also served as a model for other states that would disestablish government-sanctioned churches in the coming decades ...

30 июл. 2023 г. · The 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was the driving force behind the religious clauses of the First Amendment of the U.S. ...

But colonies soon adopted laws that limited religious freedom and forced to people to pay taxes to support churches they did not believe in. Dissenters started ...

No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened.

The Statute for Religious Freedom was enacted in 1786, finally disestablishing religion in the state. ... Although Virginia's experience does not represent ...

We the General Assembly of Virginia do enact10 that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever ...

The act is one of the most important laws adopted by the assembly. It opens with an eloquent vindication of religious and intellectual freedom.