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Religious Freedom
Rode Island Charter allows the right o religious freedom. -
Dissenter statute
Connecticut passes the first dissenter statute and allows full liberty and worship baptism and anglicans -
Virginia justice
Virginia jails 50 Baptist worshipers for preaching the Gospel contrary to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson completes his first draft of a Virginia state bill for religious freedom, which states: “No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.” -
Free or not free
Eighteen Baptist people were arrested in Massachusetts for refusing to pay taxes that support the congregational church -
Board of Education
Supreme Court rules that a New York law creating a separate school district for a religious village violates the establishment clause -
Decency Act
The Congress passes a Decency Act , which is challenged on First Amendment -
COPA
the Child Online Protection Act is a federal criminal liability to an online transmission for commercial reasoning are considered harmful to minors. -
Educational Television
It is not against the First Amendment to not have a public candidate on television -
Republican party of Minnesota vs White
Prohibiting judicial candidates form announcing their views disputed legal is against the First Amendment -
Constitution
The Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenges -
Virginia vs Black
A state law bans cross burning largely passes constitutional muster.