The fact that religious freedom was first shows how important the Founding Fathers considered religious freedom to be. Article Tags Is the US Constitution hostile to religion? Is the US Constitution hostile to private education provided by sectarian i.e. , religious, institutions? Is the US Constitution hostile to parents determining how best to educate their children if the parents consider religion to be a crucial component of the education? Those issues are at issue in the case of Carson v Makin . Oral arguments were held on December 8, 2021. Let’s begin with the text of the First Amendment to the US Constitution. It says: “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 peacefully to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Note that the very first right mentioned in the very first Amendment of the Constitution is the right to be free of a State established religion and to practice one’s religion, whatever that may be or even no religion at all, free of government control or restraint. To the […]
