The Hypocrisy of Religion and Why Unlimited Freedom Must be Revoked
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The First Amendment promises freedom of religion, but not the freedom to include your personal choice in your employment or attempt to force your beliefs on others. Religion was and is an issue intended to be part of an individual’s private and personal life. It guarantees your right to reject the influence of religion into your personal life, if that is your choice. [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.] First Amendment, ratified at the end of the Constitutional Congress in 1789. Anyone who has read my rants for a long period of time knows that I am one of about 75 million Americans who reject organized religion. However, I want you to know that I defend the right of every human being to practice the religion of their choice o