This year we’ve been celebrating 250 years since the US declared its independence as a sovereign nation. In the month of September, we also celebrate Constitution Day on the 17th. The United States and it’s Constitution became a light to the world, as America established a new form of freedom for its people that didn’t […]
Tag: freedom of religion
This has been a longer Independence Day celebration than usual. In our community here in Tooele, Utah, the city started events on Saturday, the third. Then on Sunday, the fourth, many people celebrated with personal fireworks. And today Monday, the fifth, is “Independence Day, Observed,” a federal holiday that releases many people from their work […]
Ask any American what the First Amendment to the Constitution is about, and in most cases you’ll hear: “Freedom of speech!” I have asked that question a few times with people and, invariably, they brought up freedom of speech. Even people of faith seem to forget that it is also about freedom of religion. And […]