James Madison wrote the Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments on June 20, 1785 in order to counter and show his opposition Virginia’s impose religious tax to support Christian preachers. In this document he listed many proven reasons of why this Bill was an abuse of power. James Madison expressed his reproachfulness in this document by showing how the Bill violated the equality among men. In addition to his document, he stated that it is the human natural right to have belief in any religion and to exercise it as they may seem fit. This document helped advocate the freedom of religion.
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was written by Thomas Jefferson in January 16, 1786. In this document, Thomas Jefferson expressed …show more content…
He first stated in his document that the people have a natural right to believe in any religion they wanted because the mind of men cannot follow the dictates of other men. In addition, he states that in nature all men are seen as equally free and independent, so all men should enter society on equal grounds without an imbalanced natural rights against each other. To conclude his statements, James Madison expressed that men will practice religion only by conviction and reason, not by force or …show more content…
He stated that religion and government are separated and therefore taxes should not support any religious ministry. James Madison questioned that if the same authority from the Bill was able to force citizens to pay three pence of his property for the support of any one single religious ministry, the same authority would maybe force him to believe in a certain religion. One great argument from James Madison on why taxes should not be paid to certain religions is when he stated that the Bill violated the basis of laws which is equality. The basis of all U.S. laws is equality and because the Bill is only in light of Christianity it contradicts our laws. In addition, he proposed that the Bill contradicts the Christian religion because its beliefs disapproves dependance on human law. He stated that the bill in question is not necessary for Civil Government because Religion is being supported by the Civil Government, which it does nothing to flourish our Civil Government but only to flourish the Religion. James Madison believed that the Bill showed discrimination against foreign religions because the Bill would have been represented as a beacon to immigrants to warn them to seek a new haven. James Madison also mentioned in his document that in the past it has been recorded that blood were spilt because of laws made for differences in religion, and from that time it was revealed that every
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was written by Thomas Jefferson in January 16, 1786. In this document, Thomas Jefferson expressed …show more content…
He first stated in his document that the people have a natural right to believe in any religion they wanted because the mind of men cannot follow the dictates of other men. In addition, he states that in nature all men are seen as equally free and independent, so all men should enter society on equal grounds without an imbalanced natural rights against each other. To conclude his statements, James Madison expressed that men will practice religion only by conviction and reason, not by force or …show more content…
He stated that religion and government are separated and therefore taxes should not support any religious ministry. James Madison questioned that if the same authority from the Bill was able to force citizens to pay three pence of his property for the support of any one single religious ministry, the same authority would maybe force him to believe in a certain religion. One great argument from James Madison on why taxes should not be paid to certain religions is when he stated that the Bill violated the basis of laws which is equality. The basis of all U.S. laws is equality and because the Bill is only in light of Christianity it contradicts our laws. In addition, he proposed that the Bill contradicts the Christian religion because its beliefs disapproves dependance on human law. He stated that the bill in question is not necessary for Civil Government because Religion is being supported by the Civil Government, which it does nothing to flourish our Civil Government but only to flourish the Religion. James Madison believed that the Bill showed discrimination against foreign religions because the Bill would have been represented as a beacon to immigrants to warn them to seek a new haven. James Madison also mentioned in his document that in the past it has been recorded that blood were spilt because of laws made for differences in religion, and from that time it was revealed that every