...bodiescorporate, or religious societies within this State, to make adequate provision at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality. 29 VERMONT CONSTITUTION 1786: Frame of Government, Section IX. Each [Legislative] member, before he...

...legislature ... authorize ... the several towns ... to make adequate provision at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality." Part 2, (1784) "[Provides that no person be elected governor, senator, representative or member of...

...religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the_ public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public i гоtestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not...

...and other bodiespolitic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God,...religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily. 12 Massachusetts's declaration of rights did allow its citizens to direct...

...and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God,...religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily." Rufus King, a Constitutional Signer from Massachusetts King once stated,...

...and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God,...religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily. What the federal constitution did (and does) differently is adopt a...

...remainder of the document. Part One, Article Three required that each town or parish make provision "for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." In practice, this meant that the majority (in most cases, the Congregationalists) would maintain the bulk...

...promote] the public worship of GOD." Among the measures that may be ordered by the legislature are "the support and maintenance of public Protestant...piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provisions shall not be made voluntarily." It also seems that the legislature may "enjoin upon all...

...promote] the public worship of GOD." Among the measures that may be ordered by the legislature are "the support and maintenance of public Protestant...piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provisions shall not be made voluntarily." It also seems that the legislature may "enjoin upon all...