In 1811, a New York man went to prison for insulting Jesus Christ, and the state’s chief justice declared that Americans “profess the general doctrines of Christianity.” That wasn’t a fringe ruling. It was the law, and it stayed that way in various states for more than a century.
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In 1811, a New York man went to prison for insulting Jesus Christ, and the state’s chief justice declared that Americans “profess the general doctrines of Christianity.” That wasn’t a fringe ruling. It was the law, and it stayed that way in various states for more than a century.
