Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7627157-2Rights asserted therein reaffirmed2025Religious and Charitable Matters; CemeteriesReligious Freedom

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.