Thomas Jefferson had to fight efforts to make the American Constitution a Christian one:Where the pleambre declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting Jesus Christ, so that it would read A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion; the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination.
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Freedom of religion is at risk much like the right to vote was at risk until the Voting Rights Act was pasesd in 1965. The constitution provided the right to vote to ALL citizens, but that right for Blacks was threatened with the use of violence and fear, literacy tests, poll taxes, etc. The Voting Rights Act was pasesd to insure that all citizens could exercise their constitutional right to vote.Similarly, the constitution provides that we are all free to practice whatever religion we choose, or not practice any at all. We need a new act, perhaps a Right to Worship Act to insure that relgion can be practiced how, when, and where we want to without protest like is occurring in New York and around the country among the ranks of the ill-informed. Of course the right is in the constitution like voting is, but some people are too ignorant to realize or respect that and need further laws to educate them.
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