Attendance Quote by Hugo Black

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is…

— John Howard

It is an unsufferable blasphemy to reject the public ministry or to say that people can become holy without sermons and Church. This involves…

— Martin Luther

Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.

— August Strindberg

The Church can't be a religious theater where paid men perform for the religious amusement of the people who pay them.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

If anything pass in a religious meeting seditiously and contrary to the public peace, let it be punished in the same manner and no…

— Thomas Jefferson

I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.

— Roger Mahony

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

— Jim C. Hines

All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.

— Wole Soyinka

The declaration that religious faith shall be unpunished does not give immunity to criminal acts dictated by religious error.

— Thomas Jefferson

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

— Anonymous

“In England, under the Blasphemy Laws, it is illegal to express disbelief in the Christian religion, though in practice the law is not set…

— Bertrand Russell

As the magistrate has no power to impose by his laws the use of any rites and ceremonies in any church, so neither has…

— John Locke