The United States of America was built on freedom. The founding fathers strongly believed in our freedom and therefore protected it in the Constitution. One of the major freedoms protected by the First Amendment is the freedom of religion. However, not every practice of religion is considered lawful by Congress. Due to this, there has been controversy in interpreting to what extent our religious freedom is allowed as outlined in the Constitution. As a result, the framers of the Constitution have provided provisions to clarify some of the misconceptions. The first clause of the first amendment was the establishment clause which prohibits the government from ‘“respecting an establishment of religion”’ (law.cornell.edu). It prevents the government
