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To: Salvation

Just to the north, William Penn’s “holy experiment” of toleration combined with disestablishment placed all faiths on an equal footing, to the relief of some and to the chagrin of others.


5 posted on 07/07/2012 8:04:58 PM PDT by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini--nevertheless, Vote Santorum!)
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To: lightman

Yes, I think that was mentioned in the thread that refers to the United States of America in the title.

Also has all the missions founded by Father Junipero Serra in California.

PS. Don’t tell them that their cities in California have Catholic names. LOL!


6 posted on 07/07/2012 8:14:39 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: lightman

Still, PA still required that you be a member of a Quaker congregation to run for elective office ~ hence that obscure phrase in the US Constitution about “no religious test’ ~ that is aimed directly at PA and no other place.


8 posted on 07/07/2012 8:18:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
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