Four decades ago, 160 of 170 international constitutions were modeled in whole or in part on the American model. Freedom of religion is guaranteed in principle, if not in fact, in 97% of those constitutions. When the first colonists arrived in the New World, religious freedom existed in theory, like that of John Locke, but not in political practice. (01:29–01:38)
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Asserts that 97% of international constitutions guarantee freedom of religion in principle.
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