Long Beach, CA
File #: 09-0017    Version: 1 Name: CD-5 - Request resolution - religious freedom day
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 12/22/2008 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/6/2009 Final action: 1/6/2009
Title: Recommendation to request City Attorney to prepare a resolution of support for Religious Freedom Day 2009.
Sponsors: COUNCILWOMAN GERRIE SCHIPSKE, FIFTH DISTRICT
Indexes: Resolution Request
Attachments: 1. 010609-R-16sr&att.pdf
Related files: 09-0071
TITLE
Recommendation to request City Attorney to prepare a resolution of support for Religious Freedom Day 2009.
 
DISCUSSION
National Religious Freedom Day commemorates the Virginia General Assembly's adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16, 1786.  This vital document became the basis for the separation of church and state, and led to freedom of religion for all Americans as protected in the religion clause in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
 
Each year, the President declared January 16th to be Religious Freedom Day, and calls upon Americans to "observe this day through appropriate events and activities in homes, schools, and places of worship."
 
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
 
Respectfully Submitted,
Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske
Fifth District