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American Minute with Bill Federer
Pennsylvania - The Continental Congress met there, the Declaration of
Independence was signed there, the Liberty Bell was rung there, and
the Continental Army spent the freezing winter of 1777 at Valley
Forge there.
The Constitution was written there, and for awhile the United States
Capitol was there.
It became the 2nd State to join the Union on DECEMBER 12, 1787.
The first Colonial Legislative Act, called the Great Law of
Pennsylvania, December 7, 1682, stated:
"That no person...who shall confess and acknowledge one Almighty God to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World...shall in any
case be molested or prejudiced for his, or her Conscientious
persuasion or practice."
Benjamin Franklin helped write Pennsylvania's 1776 Constitution,
which stated in Frame of Government, Chapter 2, Section 10:
"Each member of the legislature, before he takes his seat, shall make
and subscribe the following declaration:
'I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governour of the Universe,
the Rewarder of the good and Punisher of the wicked, and I do
acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration.'"
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12/12/2008
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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23
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