![]() ![]() In 1785, Virginia statesman (and future president) James Madison argued against state support of Christian religious instruction. ![]() This broke with European tradition by allowing people of any faith (or no faith) to serve in public office in the United States. The Constitution prohibits the use of religious tests as qualification for public office. Religion was mentioned only once in the U.S. Rhode Island became the first colony with no established church and the first to grant religious freedom to everyone, including Quakers and Jews.Īs Virginia’s governor in 1779, Thomas Jefferson drafted a bill that would guarantee the religious freedoms of Virginians of all faiths-including those with no faith-but the bill did not pass into law. ![]() Williams then moved south and founded Rhode Island. In 1635 Roger Williams, a Puritan dissident, was banned from Massachusetts. ![]()
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