Proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence...unless he profess (declare) or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right... Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, 1786
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Which Constitutional principle is based on this belief?
a. Right to due process
b. Separation of church and state
C. Independence of the judicial branch
d. Establishment of an executive branch
Answer: Option B
<u>Explanation:</u>
In the year 1976, in the month of January, in the general elections of Virginia, a statement was written and then passed by Thomas Jefferson which resulted in the separation of the church and the state.
This was made to provide religious freedom to the people so that the people could follow any religion they wanted to follow. This was commonly known as the Virginia statue for religious freedom, 1786 made to give freedom to the people on the basis of religion.
