Robert P. George is chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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On Religious Freedom Day, Stand for the Persecuted Abroad
, 01-15-2016
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On Jan. 16, our nation will observe National Religious Freedom Day. This day commemorates the Virginia General Assembly’s adoption of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom back in 1786. As Jefferson’s statute proclaimed, religious freedom is among the “natural rights of mankind.” Yet to this day, billions of people abroad routinely are denied this liberty.