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The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.
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Flushing Remonstrance
Demand for religious liberty made to Peter Stuyvesant in 1657
The Flushing Remonstrance was a 1657 petition to Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, in which some thirty residents of the small settlement at Flushing requested an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship. It is considered a precursor to the United States…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Freedom of religion
Human right to practice, or not, a religion without conflict from governing powers
Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. It also…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 27
Day of the year
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