...follows : "The free exercise and enjoyment of religions profession and worship, withont discrimination or preference, shall forever 'hereafter be allowed,...conscience, hereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentionsuess, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State."...

...that " the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this State to all mankind." Thus New York, taught by her own experiences and necessides, preceded Virginia in arriving at the same...

...declares that "the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession or worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this state to all mankind." In that case the defendant was a Jew, and the city was not denied to be possessed of all the power...

...enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall for ever hereafter be allowed within this state to all mankind...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of this state." When our constitution was first framed and adopted,...

...ordained that ' the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship without discrimination or preference shall forever hereafter be allowed within this state to all mankind.' " In the leading case in New York, of The People vs. Ruggles, quoted by Dr. Schaff — when Chancellor...

...in the debate, on motion of Morris, some modification was made and the proviso altered to read ; " that the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall...excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the safety of the State." No religious belief could therefore be pleaded in defence...

...declare that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this State, to all mankind." Thomas Jefferson forced a liku expression from Virginia, but with that exception, New York alone among...

...declare that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this State, to all mankind." Thomas Jefferson forced a like expression from Virginia, but with that exception, New York alone among...

...meaning. The proviso guards the article from such dangerous latitude of construction, when it declares that ' the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State.' This preamble and this proviso are a species...

...follows: "The free exercise and enjoymeut of religious profession and worship, without incrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed,...excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the poaco or safety of this state. " Article 88. The same declaration is repeated...