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Freedom Of Speech And Religion Doesn't Mean Keeping Us From
Religion |
By:
Paul D. McDonald, MBA |
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"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."
Why is school prayer illegal? I understand that "forcing"
someone to pray is illegal and wrong (and I don't think God
wants it that way anyway), but why is voluntary school prayer
illegal?
I am told that it makes other people "uncomfortable" to
experience others praying so school prayer is illegal.
So then Congress passed a law saying that school prayer is
illegal--thus prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
We should all be free to exercise our religion. In fact, if you
go around society today you find a welcoming of virtually every
religion available--except Christianity.
If somoene wears a "pro-choice" t-shirt at a "pro-choice" rally,
they get glorified on the news for speaking out. If someone
prays for the baby being aborted, they are branded a lunatic.
We Christians are not supposed to exercise our faith in public.
Others are protected from us celebrating our holidays publicly.
Others are "protected" from hearing us pray aloud or watching us
pray in silence. Yet we are not protected from sexually-oriented
Super Bowl ads...
The problem is simple: our current society is slating the First
Amendment towards those who oppose Christianity and away from
Christianity. It is a frightening trend to prohibit the free
exercise of religion--my religion--but to allow all others but
mine.
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Article Source: http://www.friendsofvista.org/articles/article30047.html |
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