Secretary of State Blinken Issues Statement on National Religious Freedom Day
January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2025, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken on National Religious Freedom Day:
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On this day in 1786, the Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom, enshrining in law individuals' rights to "profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacit . . .
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On this day in 1786, the Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom, enshrining in law individuals' rights to "profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacit . . .