The first Amendment protects our freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition as it reads:
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.
Throughout history there have been many notable court cases supporting the first amendment such as Schenck v. United States, New York Times v. United States, and Texas v. Johnson they each made offered contributions of shaping the first amendment. For example, the case of New York Times v. United States, permitted newspapers to publish Pentagon papers without government censorship. Evidently, the first amendment is a major and most important part of keeping the democratic U.S government structure. …show more content…
Consequently, supporting the concept of separation of church and state, however, as believers we should be aware of the freewill our God abides by. We were not forced to accept Him as our Lord and Savior, therefore it would be unfair and unruly if we did the same to those who refuse His gift of eternality, additionally our enforced measures would not reflect our God; instead our beliefs would be perceived in negative and corrupted ways. Likewise, permitting freedom of religion allows others to discover their own religion or spirituality that accommodate their needs. Let’s not forget, ‘prohibiting the free exercise thereof’, which means the that first amendment also protects the practice of religion, meaning we are not prohibited to gather publicly to celebrate and worship our God, correspondingly with ‘right of people to peaceably assemble’, whereas, other countries Christians suffer from doing so such as simply having a
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.
Throughout history there have been many notable court cases supporting the first amendment such as Schenck v. United States, New York Times v. United States, and Texas v. Johnson they each made offered contributions of shaping the first amendment. For example, the case of New York Times v. United States, permitted newspapers to publish Pentagon papers without government censorship. Evidently, the first amendment is a major and most important part of keeping the democratic U.S government structure. …show more content…
Consequently, supporting the concept of separation of church and state, however, as believers we should be aware of the freewill our God abides by. We were not forced to accept Him as our Lord and Savior, therefore it would be unfair and unruly if we did the same to those who refuse His gift of eternality, additionally our enforced measures would not reflect our God; instead our beliefs would be perceived in negative and corrupted ways. Likewise, permitting freedom of religion allows others to discover their own religion or spirituality that accommodate their needs. Let’s not forget, ‘prohibiting the free exercise thereof’, which means the that first amendment also protects the practice of religion, meaning we are not prohibited to gather publicly to celebrate and worship our God, correspondingly with ‘right of people to peaceably assemble’, whereas, other countries Christians suffer from doing so such as simply having a