why is that you imagine the 1st Amendment says things it does not say? Why cant you tell me where it says that??????? Because it doesn't say that?????
To break this down for the last time: READ the First Amendment. Then ask yourself 'why did they write the amendment like that? What was the reason for it being written?
I find it helpful to put things in context of time, place, and circumstance.
Almost all statements made by people have positive, negative or neutral inferences. For example 'Have a nice day'
And the recipient will receive the statement and place their perception of their own inference of what was said, for example ' did he just tell me to 'F' off?'
SO, when u keep asking 'Where does it say that?' and I say' Read the amendment', it should be obvious that you and I cant communicate what either of us means to the other because I can not convey to you what I mean by using my vocabulary and vice versa. However, I am long suffering.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ....
At the time, England was ruled by a king. That King thinking himself to be Eminent, demanded that ALL good Englishmen shall worship in his way as prescribed by the English Catholic authority. But the colonialists knew that catholothism wasn't their cup of tea ( a historical pun). And P.S. if you were caught worshipping some other way or some other god, you could end up having a bad day at the tower of London. And if u did worship the right way, on the right days,with plenty of confession and cash, you could move up in the world and rarely, if ever, make a mistake that could be considered 'unlawful'. This was the 'law'.
So in a nutshell, be a good English catholic or be a peice of $#!t.
So now, what do you think the first part of the first amendment means and what does that give OUR government the authority to do and NOT do?
