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Religious Freedom Day

Religious Freedom Day is celebrated
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When America became an independent nation, many early state constitutions (such as North Carolina
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That all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own conscience.

The right of religious conscience was then enshrined at the federal level in the First Amendment
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No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man
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[O]ur rulers can have no authority
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[I]t is inconsistent with the spirit of our laws
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John Quincy Adams also affirmed
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On January 16th, we also remember the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr
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Celebrate our God-given rights today by memorizing and studying all the First Amendment rights, with a focus on the right of religious conscience!

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