[hinckley buzzard]

"And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law..."

And...guess which State constitution this comes from.

[TexasJackFlash]

The words come from the 1780 Constitution of Massachusetts. The struggle to restore to the people of Massachusetts their natural rights of conscience was bitter and protracted. It was not until 1833 that the Lord God Almighty delivered the government of Massachusetts over to the Jeffersonian republicans who proceeded to improve the Massachusetts Constitution and abolishing Christianity by changing "every denomination of Christians" to "All religious sects and denominations."