...carte blanche to any state to establish any religion, which principle Jefferson said "hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time."27 Madison agreed.28 The Act for Religious Freedom must be interpreted in the light of what its...

...Religious Freedom" in Virginia, written by Jefferson, which stated that compelling a man to contribute money "for the propagation of opinions, which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical." To that, he added a quote from Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance, in which Madison opposed a bill...

...as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part...for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of...

...as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part...for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of...

...Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson. That bill's preamble declared that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannicaL" Jefferson, A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, . . . and its text provided "[t]hat no man shall...

...$24.30, subtracting the coerced political contribution. May thereby practiced what Jefferson preached: "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money...opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical." October 17, 1999 Surprise! After Senate passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill became...

...the problem of compelled speech: as Jefferson wrote, "To | Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution compel a man to furnish contributions of money for...opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical." But on a more practical note, if Congress is serious about addressing the climate of opinion in the...

...religions that they do not believe in. The Supreme Court has described Jefferson's belief that "compelling a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation...opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical; . . . even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving...

...exercise challenge to a funding scheme, this is exactly what Thomas Jefferson had in mind when he said that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of...for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." It was over 200 years ago, and it is today. Government should...

...conscience. The wording of the Act for Religious Disestablishment made his position unequivocally clear: "To compel a man to furnish contributions of money...for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Instead, citizens should "be free to profess . . . their opinions...