Freedom of Speech in a Religious Assembly
Freedom of Speech in a Religious Assembly
Let Freedom Ring “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God” (KJV Psalm 9:17). An average of over 160,000 Christians have been killed every year since 1990 (Colson). Statistically speaking there have been more recorded Christian martyrs in the twentieth century than all other centuries combined. In our technologically advanced, sociologically evolved society how is this possible? Weather one believes this is a Christian nation, this is not a Christian nation, or this is a nation of citizens, regardless of their opinion statistics cannot be ignored. What type of social climate leads to such devastating acts of religious genocide? Events such as these transpire when a people begin to ignore a very simple constitutional concept. “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”(First Amendment: Farish). Unfortunately it is through much turmoil, persecution and oppression when a people with a great vision for the common good rise up out of the ashes of tyranny. This vision is the same vision our forefathers incarnated and shared over two hundred years ago when we declared our independence from Mother Britain. Therefore freedom of speech should remain our first constitutional right without limitation regardless of circumstance.
The Preamble states “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”(Hennessey). Our founding fathers, with an understanding of what copulates tyranny, set out to
Let Freedom Ring “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God” (KJV Psalm 9:17). An average of over 160,000 Christians have been killed every year since 1990 (Colson). Statistically speaking there have been more recorded Christian martyrs in the twentieth century than all other centuries combined. In our technologically advanced, sociologically evolved society how is this possible? Weather one believes this is a Christian nation, this is not a Christian nation, or this is a nation of citizens, regardless of their opinion statistics cannot be ignored. What type of social climate leads to such devastating acts of religious genocide? Events such as these transpire when a people begin to ignore a very simple constitutional concept. “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”(First Amendment: Farish). Unfortunately it is through much turmoil, persecution and oppression when a people with a great vision for the common good rise up out of the ashes of tyranny. This vision is the same vision our forefathers incarnated and shared over two hundred years ago when we declared our independence from Mother Britain. Therefore freedom of speech should remain our first constitutional right without limitation regardless of circumstance.
The Preamble states “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”(Hennessey). Our founding fathers, with an understanding of what copulates tyranny, set out to