Today is Religious Freedom Day.<\/p>\n
This day was developed from Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, written in 1777.\u00a0 It declared that the United States of America would not have any official religion.\u00a0 It became a part of the First Amendment to the Constitution.\u00a0 It is one of 3 things Jefferson wanted on his epitaph.\u00a0 For copyright reasons I have not reprinted it here, but I strongly recommend you Google it.\u00a0 \u00a0It’s beautiful, powerful writing.<\/p>\n
In today’s global culture it is increasingly important for us to remember how important religious freedom is and how lucky we are to have it.\u00a0 There are many countries where citizens don’t have that right.<\/p>\n
It’s also increasingly important to us to remember this freedom encompasses ALL religions, not just the one we choose.\u00a0 We must all be kind to one another- virtually all religions preach that.<\/p>\n
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