That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions... Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia - Page 276by West Virginia - 1887Full view - About this book
| Thomas Jefferson - 1999 - 676 pages
...body or goods; or shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. Sect. m. And though... | |
| Michael Corbett, Julia Corbett Hemeyer, Julia Mitchell Corbett - 1999 - 494 pages
...part is put in the positive — as a statement of what the individual is free to do: . . . but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. The third section... | |
| Patrick Sauer - 2000 - 454 pages
...religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion." —From A BUI for Establishing Religious Freedom, by Thomas Jefferson After a single term as governor,... | |
| United States. Department of State - 2006 - 878 pages
...religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion." In the nineteenth century, with a civil war looming, it was President James Buchanan who expressed... | |
| Michael Kent Curtis - 2000 - 544 pages
...burthened in his body or goods, or otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion.' "73 Justice Lomax, writing for the court, held that statutes tending to restrain freedom of speech... | |
| Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...body or goods, or shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or beliefs; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. SECTION III. And... | |
| Peter W. Williams - 2002 - 628 pages
...body or goods, or shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities. The final provision... | |
| Isaac Backus, David Weston - 2001 - 612 pages
...his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; butthat all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.1 Yet their houses... | |
| Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 pages
...religious worship or ministry or shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but all men shall be free to profess and by argument...to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion. I know but one code of morality for men whether acting singly or collectively. The southeast panel... | |
| E. M. Halliday - 2009 - 306 pages
...ministry whatsoever.., nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or beief but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument...maintain, their opinions in matters of religion... This was too much for such stubborn conservatives as Patrick Henry, and the bill was shelved. The effort... | |
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