Oppose Church State Separation And Lose Right To Vote (America, Baptist, pastor)
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The form of government established by the Rhode-Islanders was, as to civil affairs, much like those of the other colonies, but in the important article of religion, they differed from them all. Liberty of conscience was, in the first social compact at Providence, established by law, and no one was allowed to vote among them, who opposed it.
--GENERAL HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN AMERICA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BY DAVIH BENEDICT- PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN PAWTUCKET, Published 1813, Page 465.
Disagreements about religion, used a pretext for political conflict, have a long history in Europe, which was where the American colonists' ideas of politics came from.
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