t is the truth from any perspective: the very rights the Constitution was written to protect, freedom of religion and speech, are now the very rights the Supreme Court is trying to take away. The Constitution Rogers 6 and its amendments are being interpreted so that they are now depriving humanity of the rights that America's founding fathers fought for. The first right, or freedom, guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is that of religion. This freedom guarantees any American the right to practice any religion, or no religion at all. "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" (Hartley and Vincent 67). This First Amendment prohibits Congress from establishing a national religion or from favoring one religion over the other. This division between religion and government is known as separation of church and state. Like all rights in the Bill of Rights, freedom had its origins in colonial times. As known in history, several colonies were established mainly by settlers who were seeking to practice their religion in their own way. However, some of these colonies denied this freedom to people with different beliefs. Gradually, the ideal of religious freedom developed in America. This right eventually was guaranteed to all Americans by the First Amendment. The First Amendment says that Congress cannot "make a law respecting an establishment of religion".America's freedom was won at the end of the American Revolution in 1783 when the freedom from the British empire was achieved. After many years of attempting to find a government most suitable to fit this great nation, the only ...
