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

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. · Statute was first attempt to remove government influence from religious affairs · James Madison supported the bill in a pamphlet · The bill ...

It prohibited government interference or support for religion and became an inspiration fo the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Jefferson originally ...

The law provided toleration to all Christians, but it also decreed a death penalty for people, like atheists or Jews, who denied the divinity of Jesus. In New ...

The Virginia statute provided the most substantial guarantees of religious liberty of any state in the new nation.

3 мар. 2019 г. · In June 1776, George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights. It declared natural rights, the essential liberties of the people, and ...

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