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Religion Links
for Virginia
According to the Gospel of
Mark, the two greatest commandments are to love the Lord your God with all your heart,
your soul, your mind, and your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself. These can
be summarized in the Golden Rule, namely " Do unto others as you would want them to
do unto you."
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State Links
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The Virginia
Declaration of Rights (1776) - "SEC. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe
to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and
conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the
free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the
mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each
other."
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Virginia Statutes Relating to Religion - Resource dedicated to the
history of the Jamestown colony provides a look at 17th century laws regarding religion.
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