On the recordJanuary 12, 2017
America has changed a great deal since Thomas Jefferson first drafted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but religious liberty is a right we must never stop striving to uphold.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “America has changed a great deal since Thomas Jefferson first drafted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, but…”
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Proclamation 9569—Religious Freedom Day
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