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Freedom and religion in the 1784 debate revisited
Cyrus Boyd Fletcher argues that the Bill of Rights acknowledges preexisting rights, not establish them by majority rule. He contrasts Patrick Henry’s taxation with representation stance to Jefferson Madison and John Leland, urging Baptists to defend liberty of conscience against government funding of religion. He cites Roger Williams and others and notes his own Baptist background and credentials.
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Patrick Henry
John Leland
James Madison
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Thomas Jefferson
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Roger Williams
John Bunyon
George Truett
James Cox