This three-part program was specially created for Gloucester’s 400th Anniversary Celebration to share the story of how the Rev. John Murray and Gloucester Universalists in the 1780s set the key New England precedents for the Constitutional separation of church and state and promise of religious liberty throughout the country. The opening segment is a video … Continue reading ‘REFUSING TO PAY,’ GLOUCESTER’S ROLE IN THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND BUILDING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN AMERICA, NOVEMBER 18TH AT 2:00PM IN THE HISTORIC 1806 MEETINGHOUSE AT 50 MIDDLE STREET