January 16
“Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.”
–Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1786
On January 16th, the day after Martin Luther King’s birthday, Americans reflect on the above quote from Thomas Jefferson, from the Statute adopted on this in 1786. The holiday is not an official annual celebration, but must be proclaimed by the …Read more
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