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Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Peace & Social Justice, Religion
Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Peace & Social Justice, Religion
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The founders of our nation believed that all Americans should have the right to worship according to their own beliefs, or not to worship at all. So strong was their commitment to religious freedom that they enshrined it in the first sentence of the Bill of Rights.
This constitutional guarantee is often known as the "first freedom."
Religion is a deeply personal matter. Americans must be free to practice their religion without coercion. Government exists to provide for the general well-being of all people, and its workings must be independent of specific religious doctrines. Simply put, there must be a separation of church and state.
If we do not stand together as a nation, we stand to lose this fundamental freedom.
Of particular note to friends and colleagues are the "Respect All Families" and "Democracy NOT Theocracy" issues; profound and contemporary lenses for us to understand the importance of religious freedom.
Please join us in signing the First Freedom First petition at:
www.firstfreedomfirst.org
And send a message that we do care about America's First Freedom!
Thank you,
Donna Red Wing
dredwing@interfaithalliance.org
First Freedom First is a joint project of The Interfaith Alliance Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State
The founders of our nation believed that all Americans should have the right to worship according to their own beliefs, or not to worship at all. So strong was their commitment to religious freedom that they enshrined it in the first sentence of the Bill of Rights.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
This constitutional guarantee is often known as the "first freedom."
Religion is a deeply personal matter. Americans must be free to practice their religion without coercion. Government exists to provide for the general well-being of all people, and its workings must be independent of specific religious doctrines. Simply put, there must be a separation of church and state.
If we do not stand together as a nation, we stand to lose this fundamental freedom.
Of particular note to friends and colleagues are the "Respect All Families" and "Democracy NOT Theocracy" issues; profound and contemporary lenses for us to understand the importance of religious freedom.
Please join us in signing the First Freedom First petition at:
www.firstfreedomfirst.org
And send a message that we do care about America's First Freedom!
Thank you,
Donna Red Wing
dredwing@interfaithalliance.org
First Freedom First is a joint project of The Interfaith Alliance Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State
