One day in 1802, an elderly gentleman took a copy of a petition to the Connecticut state assembly, threw it to the floor, planted his foot upon it and declared, â??This is where it belongs!â?
The petition was made by Baptists in the town of Danbury, Connecticut. Connecticut, along with several other states, had an established church, the Congregational. An established church enjoyed a clear and practical arrangement with the state, modeled after that of the Church of England. â??Under state law,â? writes Michael Toth, â??Congregationalist churches received a sum for the salaries of their ministers, and other religious costs, paid for by the stateâ??s residents.â?
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