Lack Of Religious Freedom In The United States

For centuries, Religious Freedom has been an issue all over the world. From Adolf Hitler and his Nazi soldiers in Germany to the European Wars of Religion. Unfortunately, some countries still have religious conflicts today. Luckily, the United States of America is a society built on freedom. In the 1500s one of the first immigrant groups, the Pilgrims, came to America to practice their religion freely. This is where our freedom of religion originated from. Over the years the United States built the Bill of Rights and the 27 Amendments also known as the Constitution. The first Amendment states “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.” In other words, citizens in the United States of America have the freedom of their own religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press.
Religious Freedom is very much an essential part of education in our country today. For …show more content…
What would be the consequences? How would our daily lives change? Would people get married and start a family? These are all questions that we have to ask ourselves if we didn't have religious freedom. Sadly in some countries around the world people to this day still don’t have religious freedom. They are forced either to study what their country thinks is the “right” religion or they don't study any religions at all. Not studying any religion changes people's attitudes and their daily live. Not necessarily in a positive way. With no religion you can lose hope, love, and thoughtfulness, you can be self centered and hurt people greatly. This is way it is important that every person has the right to freedom of religion and as Pope francis says, “It is the duty of everyone to defend religious freedom and promote it to all