...the minister of his own denomination; otherwise his taxes went to the Congregational church. Finally, "no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law."43 Objections to the article abounded. First, its loose wording made the nonsubordination proviso...

...minister of his own 165 denomination; otherwise his taxes went to the Congregational church. Finally, "no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law."43 Objections to the article abounded. First, its loose wording made the nonsubordination proviso...

...submitted its own amendment for the voluntary support of religion and ended it with the words that "no subordination of any one Sect or Denomination to another shall ever be established by law." 54 When Rhode Island, that "licentious" state, notorious in New England for its refusal ever to give...

...themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. IV. The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a...

...nineteenth century, guaranteed equal protection of the law for Christian denominations and provided that "no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law."121 When Congregationalism was disestablished in Connecticut in 1818, the state included a provision...

...themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law." Ibid., pp. 442-3. 12. "That the people have a right to keep and bear arms: that a well regulated militia...

...the Congregational Church in a favored position, despite a statement at the end of the provision that "no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law." Other revisions in the Adams draft were the elimination from Article XVII of "a right to the freedom...

...themselves peaceably and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.50 Policies like those of Massachusetts prevailed constitutionally in New Hampshire, Connecticut,...

...ask, for the authors of Article III of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of 1780 to say "no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law," while at the same time they were authorizing the legislature to require the towns "to make suitable...

...themselves peaceably, and as good citizens of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. Source: Benjamin Perley Poore (ed.), The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other...