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Va. Code Ann. § 57-2 (2026)

Rights asserted therein reaffirmed

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The General Assembly does hereby declare again that the rights asserted in § 57-1 are the natural and unalienable rights of mankind and this declaration is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Code 1919, § 35; 2016, c. 284.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: The Episcopal Diocese of S. Virginia v. Robert K. Marshall (Va. Ct. App. 2024).
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The Episcopal Diocese of S. Virginia v. Robert K. Marshall (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” Code § 57-2. Bishop Haynes based her plea in bar on the protections for religious liberty in both the Virginia and federal constitutions.”
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