January 30, 2012 01:28:47 PM
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JOE
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BAYSIDE
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The Flushing Remonstrance
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It was the first colonial government document which guaranteed freedom of religion in America. Although we view our country as the land of freedoms as spelled out in the Bill of Rights, these rights were not in existence from the beginning. Quakers in Queens had to fight New Amsterdam governor, Peter Stuyvesant, for their right to worship as they wished. The result was the Flushing Remonstrance guaranteeing their right to religious freedom and it served as an example for other colonies and eventually our new nation. This freedom was a factor which later motivated many immigrants and immigration played a integral part in our country's history.
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I'm for this. I've never heard of this before, but New York itself is an advertisement "live and let live" and religious freedom is at the core of that notion. I recall hearing that subway workers used to find leftovers from religious services (use your imagination) at the intersection of major subway lines in Brooklyn. Do they have this in Indianapolis, I ask you!
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