Join Walter Cronkite In Protecting The First Amendment
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The Interfaith Alliance and Americans United - along with Walter Cronkite - are asking Americans to raise our voices in support of the First Amendment.
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.
Click here to call "upon elected and appointed officials to join us in reaffirming America's religious freedom."