First Amendment to the United States Constitution

It has been found that members of the Republican Party support the passing of an amendment that bans desecration of the flag much more than Democratic do (Carroll). In the poll done by USA Today, it found that when random citizens were asked whether they favored or opposed the idea to let the government make it illegal to burn the flag…

Satan has been a topic of controversy since 2012 when the state of Oklahoma placed a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the State Capital. Many viewed this as a violation of separation of state and religion. The fact that politicians invested their own money in the statue only boosted disagreement. In response, the Satanic Temple urged the Oklahoma government to allow them to place a statue of Satan on legislative property. The state of Oklahoma refused the proposal, and three…

Question 1) Oregon vs. Smith, is a United States Supreme Court case that determined wither or not the state could reject unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state’s narcotic prohibition, even if the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual. Legally states have the right to accommodate some illegal acts done in pursuit of religious beliefs, but they are not required to make accommodations. This made The Supreme Court decision a major event in Native American religious…

there a proper separation of church and state in our school system? Schools are meant to be a place where students can learn the required fields of study in a discrimination-free environment. This implies that there should be no preference in what the students choose to worship. This idea is called “separation of church and state” and was coined by Thomas Jefferson when he originally wrote the idea of a “wall of separation between the church and the state” in a letter…

and when it comes to church and state we should draw the line and state our knowledge that diversity is not always good for us, especially when we need to all agree on something. There are about four thousand five hundred religions out there and it will be hard for all of us to all agree on one specific topic. The first amendment of the united states constitution gives us all americans the freedom to practice any religion of our choosing. The first amendment states that “Congress shall make no…

history and 1st amendment right. Books should not be banned in schools and libraries because kids need to learn the controversial topics of yesterday.“They are adhering to the traditional and mostly prevailing view that children’s literature should avoid controversial…

Locke stressed the freedom of an individual’s integrity was of upmost importance and any attempts by a government or a church to dampen such freedoms should be looked upon with disdain. According to Locke, the old strong-arm uniformity of church and state had to concede its power to liberty of individual conscience. Locke’s thoughts in regards to this liberty of conscience was Protestant, and theological, harping on religious reasons for desiring free conscience over the claims the church or…

The term politically correct first appeared in the 1960’s and since then it has evolved far beyond its original purposes. In his article “Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag”, Tasos Lazarides informs people about Apple’s decision to remove the image of the Confederate Battle Flag the author does not take a strong position in the argument. He uses the article more for informational purposes, as opposed to using the article for an argument.…

EH 101x 11/10/16 Freedom of Speech Is Not Free Freedom of speech is an essential part of democracy. The signers of the Constitution recognized this. Therefore, they included freedom of speech in the First amendment. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits ‘the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom…

The United States is trying to make it so that burning the flag is criminal behavior, to the point where you can be punished, but what they need to understand is speech Limiting the freedoms of the bill of right does not make us more patriotic, but threatens our core belief system. Limiting the freedoms of the bill of right does not make us more patriotic, but threatens our core belief system, and lastly Our democracy is strong because we tolerate all peaceful forms of expression, no matter how…