[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 16, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 1909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-161]


 
 
                         Presidential Documents 
 
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 9 / Tuesday, January 16, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents  

[[Page 1909]]


                Proclamation 8100 of January 11, 2007

                
Religious Freedom Day, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Religious Freedom Day, we commemorate the passage of 
                the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 
                authored by Thomas Jefferson, and we celebrate the 
                First Amendment's protection of religious freedom.

                Across the centuries, people have come to America 
                seeking to worship the Almighty freely. Today, our 
                citizens profess many different faiths, and we welcome 
                every religion. Yet people in many countries live 
                without the freedom to worship as they choose and some 
                face persecution for their beliefs. My Administration 
                is working with our friends and allies around the globe 
                to advance common values and spread the blessings of 
                liberty to every corner of the world. Freedom is a gift 
                from the Almighty, written in the heart and soul of 
                every man, woman, and child, and we must continue to 
                promote the importance of religious freedom at home and 
                abroad.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2007, as 
                Religious Freedom Day. I call on all Americans to 
                reflect on the great blessing of religious liberty, 
                endeavor to preserve this freedom for future 
                generations, and commemorate this day with appropriate 
                events and activities in their schools, places of 
                worship, neighborhoods, and homes.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 07-161
Filed 1-12-07; 11:33 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P