Civil liberties are defenses against government actions. It is a right that is guaranteed by the laws. An example of civil liberties is everyone has the right to practice whatever religion they would like. The government would not be able to restrict with the decision a citizen makes about their religion. A civil right is a right of an individual to obtain equal treatment in a number of scenarios. Examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, the right to vote, and the right to be treated equal as everyone in public places. Although they may seem the same these two have a division.
The first amendment in the United States is that everyone has the right to choose and practice his or her own religion or if they choose no religion at all. Our country’s founders had different religion views so they decided it would be best that way to protect …show more content…
This legislative proposal would ensure that students could express their religious views in class assignments on their clothes or praying during the school day. The legislators say that would stop events such as the one in Broward County in 2014 when a teacher told a 12-year-old boy he could not recite the Bible during class reading time. The district manager later said sorry to the child and his family for what he called an insulated occurrence. Detractors disagree, quarreling that current law and court rulings already provide adequate and important defenses to both students and teachers. They fear the suggestions, if they become law, would shadow church-state parting required by the U.S. Constitution, undermine science education, depiction youngsters to religious teachings against their parents’ wishes and let speech or symbols many find aggressive — Ku Klux Klan oratory or swastikas, for example — to go loose in
The first amendment in the United States is that everyone has the right to choose and practice his or her own religion or if they choose no religion at all. Our country’s founders had different religion views so they decided it would be best that way to protect …show more content…
This legislative proposal would ensure that students could express their religious views in class assignments on their clothes or praying during the school day. The legislators say that would stop events such as the one in Broward County in 2014 when a teacher told a 12-year-old boy he could not recite the Bible during class reading time. The district manager later said sorry to the child and his family for what he called an insulated occurrence. Detractors disagree, quarreling that current law and court rulings already provide adequate and important defenses to both students and teachers. They fear the suggestions, if they become law, would shadow church-state parting required by the U.S. Constitution, undermine science education, depiction youngsters to religious teachings against their parents’ wishes and let speech or symbols many find aggressive — Ku Klux Klan oratory or swastikas, for example — to go loose in