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January 16, 2017 all-day
2017-01-16T00:00:00-07:00
2017-01-17T00:00:00-07:00

Religious Freedom Day Jan 16, 1786. The legislature of Virginia adopted a religious freedom statute that protected Virginians against any requirement to attend or support any church and against discrimination. This statute, which had been drafted by Thomas Jefferson and introduced by James Madison, later was the model for the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

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