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.
To me this basically means that that people can do what they want within the boundaries of the law. As long as what we say or do doesn't put any ones life in danger or threaten our own life's we can do it.
This does not apply every where we are though. On public ground this amendment is thrown out the window. For example, at school students loose all of their rights. They can't say whatever they want, or do whatever they want. When at school students are the school's responsibility, no one else. So the school makes their own laws in place of the guardian no being present.
This news clip of a high school where the cheerleaders write a message with religious meaning it for their football team to run through. This shows that the freedom of speech is taken away at the public school.
Flag burning is a big part contraversy in the 1st amendment.
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Great video for the example of the 1st Amendment. I think that these religious message should be ban because it doesn't hurt anybody for spreading God's word to the public. Also, this is considered as freedom of speech, it has been a tradition for a long time, so why does this tradition has to stop?
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