THOMAS JEFFERSON

In Celebration of Freedom, STAND Wishes All a Happy 4th of July

STAND joins with every religion and every American today to celebrate the freedom to live and believe with honor and integrity—and we thank all those fighting alongside us for religious freedom.

National Religious Freedom Day—What It Means

Today, National Religious Freedom Day, commemorates the January 16, 1786 adoption of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. The document’s title reads simply: “An act for establishing religious freedom.”