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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Question About Ammendments?

Did you know that the first freedom mentioned in the first amendment is religion.

But let me ask you how can you make any freedom, or amendment without the freedom of speech?????

Your right you can't. But somehow by some miracle America still made the freedom of religion before the freedom of speech.

There may have been several reasons for why Freedom of Religion was before Freedom of speech in the First Ammendment.
  • They may have just thought of Freedom of Religion first and thought of Freedom of Speech first.
  • The reason the colonists went to America in the first place was because they wanted to follow their own religion so they must have thought it was very important.
  • Also they wanted to make sure that the knew leader would not become a king and limit religion. 
Another question I had about the first amendment is how much does the freedom religion extends protecting the freedom of religion and speech.

Like I know speech has its constraints. For example saying "I would kill anyone who reads this blog is not allowed."

But in the case of religion if your religion believes in human sacrifice or death does the first amendment protect you. Like in the case of Common Wealth v. Twitchell the parents relligion didn't believe in medicine so they didn't take their son to the doctor, who was 2, which caused him to die.

The death was unintentionall but it is still considered manslaughter. Should the first ammendment protect them.

All-in-all I still wonder how much the first ammendment really protects our rights as American citizens. and really how much it extends when death or killing is involved. Please if you have any answers do leave a comment. It would be much appreciated.

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