Show mr jeffersons Jeffers Jeffor onas monas one of 0 the to levisi the laws of virgin virginia 1 ia wrote the lie act to E establish sta blish religious freedom which was passed december 36 0 1785 from the original text of the long and grand preamble v we a quote quota the lot lowing well aware that almighty god bath cir bated the mind free and manifested liia his supreme ivill hill that free it shall re irain by making iii akin it altogether insusceptible cep tible of 0 rf restraint sg int that all attempts tempts al to influence it b by temporal punishments or burdens or by y civil tend only to beset beget habata of hypo c aisy I 1 and nn I 1 meatiness meanness and are a departure rom roin ilia ihu plan of 0 the holy author of our religion who being lord loid of 0 both body ad and mind yet chose chobo not to propagate ate U t ly by irelon co coir cion on either but to extend ats influences by reason alone that to compel a man to furnish I 1 of mony money for the propagation of opinions opi niona which lie ho dish disbelieves eves is sinful and ty ty tan nl that even the forcing him to ou support aport this or that teacher of b lna own religious persuasion is depriving biano hi anna anO of I 1 liberty that tho lie opinions of men mail ore are not the object of civil government nor under its ita we vc the jeneral general assembly do enact that no man shall bo a compelled coin pilled to frequent at support any religious worship place or ministry whatsoever nor shall bo be enforced restrained molested or burdened fit in his body or good nor other ise suffer on recount account of ills his religions opinions or bellef but that all nien inen shall bo a free to profess pro fosa and by argument Bument nr to maintain maint nin their opi opinions aang in uin mutters aters ot of religion and that tho the butine shall in in nowise now no diminish enlarge or affect their civil capacities and we tto to declare that the alitt rights lighta h hereby e re by resorted uro are of the ilia natural rights 0 of f in man in kind and that it if any act bo be here litter passed to repeal the ilia present or to narrow its ita operation such sui li net act will be an infringement of natural rights |