...to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. Twentieth, That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates...

...embodied in the sixteenth section of the Virginia Bill of Rights, of which Patrick Henry was the author. " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other."1 It appears that at first this...

...moderation, temperance, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." Sec. 18: ' ' That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of their consciences, and that...

...the foundation of the fabric? — GEORGE WASHINGTON Farewell Address to Congress September 19, 1796 That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. — PATRICK HENRY, in the Virginia...

...argument in the famous "Memorial and Remonstrance" echoes the Virginia Declaration of Rights in asserting that "religion or the duty which we owe to our creator...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ... [it] must be left to the conscience of every man. ... It is the duty of every man to render to...

...We remonstrate against the said Bill, 1 . Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man, and it is...

...absolute measure of protection apart from mere governmental neutrality. 160 Tho Virginia proposal read: That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates...

...are included below in greater detail: i. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is...

...religious views. Here is Madison's primary argument: [W]e hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man.... It is...

...Sometimes they have "been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny." In contrast, he argues, "Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." Only a freely chosen, disestablished faith can ground the virtue that guarantees freedom. 4. Three...