"No Person...who shall confess and acknowledge one Almighty Creator...and that professes him or herself obliged in conscience to live peaceably...under the civil government, shall in any case be molested or prejudiced for his or her conscientious persuasion or practice, nor shall he or she...be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious worship place or ministry whatever..."

    Wm Penn,  Article one of the Great Law of 1682