Freedom of Religion We have forgotten
I wanted to take a moment and remember what freedom of religion stands for. not only in the Constitution, but in a broader historical sense, because this is an ancient concept. This is not something new that was put in the Constitution, this is something that has been around since the ancient days of Cyrus the Great (Ancient Persia, ca. 550 BC). within the confines of his empire, he introduced the concept of freedom of religion; Apparently it is on their ancient calendar. The earliest record of it in America in 1649, a guy by the name of Lord Baltimore, introduced as a government policy of Maryland. By this point Thomas Jefferson had noticed it in 1777 Virginia and began his advocating for a statue in the state for Freedom of Religions. Along with the company of James Madison, they secured the Virginia statute in in the first amendment of the US constitution.
Mr. Madison happened to be the one who coined the term wall of separation between church and state. The choice of religion or lack thereof, was considered to be a fundamental human right. The core fundamental belief of freedom of religion is that one has the right to believe, change beliefs, or have none at all. It is intended to protect people from being forced to adopt beliefs, reject beliefs or be persecuted for having beliefs. Otherwise known as having liberties and freedom.
I myself am a baptized Lutheran, however I'm a practicing agnostic. For me it's not a matter of if there is a God or not, it's a matter of if I'm presumptuous enough to make the decision that there is a God or not. Our country was never intended to be a Christian stronghold; our founding fathers would be rolling over in their graves right now if they heard half of the people who are talking about Christian nationalism. I got a strict you do you and do it good policy with religion. I believe so long as you are not infringing on somebody else's freedoms, you should be free to practice in any way shape or form you choose with any religion you choose or don’t it’s your choice, that’s what matters.
As our first President George Washington reassured various religious groups from across the country that the federal government would not infringe on their rights choose and practice their religion. America has always been a refuge for those who have felt persecuted from the outside world, whether you were persecuted because of your religion or your sexual orientation or being impoverished and hungry. America is always had a place for the people of all types, America should always continue to have a place for people to have the Liberty and freedom they deserve, that you deserve, that we all deserve.
To work and build our own American dream, not having American dream imposed upon us.
Our culture is the world, we have never been defined by religion, we have never been defined by class or race. What has driven America is the struggle, the need for equality for all of us to be treated as equal as humanly possible. as unfortunate as it is there are some among us who would seek to see things become less equal, to see us fighting amongst ourselves. Because for them it's beneficial, they thrive, and we fight over their scraps. Americans have always deserved better than that behavior, we revolted from a king for that kind of behavior. As Americans as our history has taught us, we should set aside our petty differences of religion. Focusing instead on what similarities there are between all of the religions believe it or not they all do share commonalities. I'm quite often, the commonality are more frequent than the not.
