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 Six Freedoms of the First Amendment 


The very first clause stated in the Bill of Rights is known as the Establishment Clause. The reason it is called the Establishment clause is because the first thing James Madison and company conversed about and agreed upon is that the citizens of the United States shall not be told which religion to follow. The Founding Fathers of our beautiful country and their associates realized that the Church of England is corrupt and should not have the power over their citizens that they do have and that is one of the main reasons the colonies fought with Great Britain for their independence.

Freedom to believe what you want does not mean anything if one cannot actively and freely practice their religion. This is where the second clause of the United States Bill of Rights, known as the Free Exercise Clause, states that the citizens of the United States are free from governmental interference in regards to practicing their religion. However, one cannot break United States law and claim that their actions were influenced by their religious beliefs and go home free.

One of the many things our country is known for is freedom of speech, although for the majority of what we say is okay, in today's day for some reason it's different. We say we have freedom of speech, but who is to say we have freedom when there is a lot of potential consequences we could suffer if we truly said what we want? A current example, social media. The number of people who have gotten censored or banned from media platform apps this past year for just freely speaking their minds. Where does the First Amendment come in there?  




Freedom of press is the fourth freedom listed within the First Amendement of the United States Bill of Rights. The freedom of press clause is guaranteeing freedom of expression by forbidding the United States Congress from restricting the right of an individual to speak and publish materials freely. For example, one can write a critical argument about a powerful office holder within the United States government and that right to publish that material cannot be infringed upon. However, there are limits and there is a line to what can be published, such as defamation law.

The fifth clause in the Bill of Rights gives permission to the United States' citizens to peacefully assemble together with whatever company is chosen, either publically or privately. Such assemblies may have the desire to raise awareness about personal issues or advocate to fight socio-economic issues. There are multiple laws embedded in riot acts and assembly laws that can limit with a group is allowed to do. The most important word in the fifth freedom in the First Amendement in 'peacful.' Any gathering that turns violent will very quickly be interevened by the U.S. government.




The right to freedom to petition the U.S. government is very important because not only does it give the freedom to one to speak out against the injustices they feel are happening, but they can also actively attempt to fix those injustices. The word 'petition' can be used in any case of disapproving of any one or all branches of the U.S. government and can come in the form of lobbying, filing lawsuits, or receiving signatures from numerous people for ballot campaigns.

The First Amendment in the United States Bill of Rights is one of the most important throughout the 27 that are listed. Each freedom is believed to be either a natural unalienable right that each human being should have or is a way to keep the United States government under control, not corrupt, and keep the purpose of the government to be for the people. 






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