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Virginia Declaration of Rights

Measure adopted by the colony of Virginia (June 12, 1776). Drafted by George Mason, it stated that “all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights” and specified such civil liberties as freedom of the press and freedom of religion. It became a model for the Bill of Rights.

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This requirement was incorporated into the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which in turn became the basis for the famous Declaration of Independence.

How to "civilize" state medical boards by Schlafly, Andrew / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

1776: The Virginia Declaration of Rights, drafted by George Mason, calls for "the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.

Puritan protester: how Anne Hutchinson got into trouble for speaking ... by Blum, Jonathan / Junior Scholastic

Malbin then proceeded to deduce conclusions about the original meaning of the Free Exercise Clause from an investigation of the adoption of Article XVI of the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights and Jefferson and Madison's legislative efforts to establish religious freedom in Virginia from 1777 to 1785.

The original meaning of the free exercise clause: the evidence from ... by Munoz, Vincent Phillip / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

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