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Source: Chautauqua Institution

Roundup

8-26-09

"Jefferson and Mason: From Toleration to Freedom" [video 1 hr 18 min 38 sec]

Continuing with the topic "Religious Liberty and the Faith of the Founders," Charles Haynes, senior scholar at the First Amendment Center, has a conversation with actors portraying George Mason and Thomas Jefferson on the subject of universal rights and the free exercise of religion.

Read entire article at Chautauqua Institution