First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Rallies were held in a number of cities across America yesterday to stand up for the First Amendment right to Freedom of Religion. One of those rallies was in Buffalo, New York, and our own reader and commenter “Brad” spoke at the rally! Here’s the video he posted, standing up for the “First Freedom in the First Amendment.”
There are a great many on the Left who use the “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion” phrase to try and say there should be no mention of God in the public square. They conveniently leave out the “nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof” continuation of the sentence. As for what the Founders meant by what they wrote and adopted in the First Amendment, their own many references to God in speeches, proclamations and inscriptions on virtually every monument and building across the country tells you they never intended the First Amendment to be used as a weapon against the very reason this nation was founded – as a refuge and haven for people seeking freedom to worship God in accord with their own conscience. This is an important reminder about what Brad called “the First Freedom in the First Amendment.” Thanks Brad! Nice job!
