...Christians." 54 Somehow he turned a blind eye to the last section of the Virginia Declaration, which states: That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. Moreover, Butler fails to mention...

...the Virginia Declaration of Rights, Madison argued that it is a "fundamental and undeniable truth" that "[r]eligion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." Madison continued: The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of...

...coercive force in the assimilation of religion. It is, said Madison, a fundamental and undeniable truth That religion or the duty which we owe to our creator...by 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...

...remonstrate against the said bill, — 1st. 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...

...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...

...employees is to violate the freedom of the organization to exercise its religion. James Madison said that "'religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence.' (Virginia Declaration of Rights, Art. 16). The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction...

...reference to the Deity were somewhat ameliorated by what he did successfully include in that paragraph: "Religion, or the duty which we owe to our CREATOR,...of discharging it, can be directed only by reason GEORGE MASON and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to...

...help of James Madison, George Mason and Patrick Henry: That Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator, and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by Reason and Convictions, not by Force or Violence; and therefore all Men are equally entitled to the free exercise...

...individuals."7 His efforts met with mixed success; however, the article was eventually changed to provide that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience."8 Meanwhile, delegates also considered several versions of the suffrage...

...of Jesus Christ..." He defined religion, like many others of our Founders, thus: "That religion, or duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it..." John Jay John Jay, first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court said: "We (by the Bible) enable...