I want to show how “THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION” is not so simple as just that and how it relates to islam and the freedom of speech... Amendment I: "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 peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The part I would like to focus on is "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" and really understand what this means and how it applies to religion in general and islam. This is a complex concept written so simply in two parts and the ordering is very important. It is in the first half that the separation of religion and state is made of highest importance in regards to religion. This is putting all equally UNDER the constitution regardless of religion or lack thereof, NOT guaranteeing special privileges for any particular religion when it conflicts with our constitution or natural and unalienable rights. The second part is put after for a reason to protect people from having their religion targeted following that the practices of their belief system doesn’t interfere with the constitutional protections of natural rights. This protection of religion does NOT extend out from the individuals right to their own beliefs and is limited to the extent that one’s beliefs can not infringe on the liberty and freedoms (outlined in our Bill of Rights) of any other individual. When people find statements about their religion to be offensive that does NOT prohibit the free exercise of that religion, thus stopping offensive speech is not part of the protections guaranteed to any religion. Notice that there are no restrictions allowed to be placed on the freedom of speech as a whole, yet there are limitations to how protected any religion is. When “radical” muslims riot over offensive speech or blasphemy of their religion they are attacking our freedoms and not respecting the supreme Law of the Land. When “moderate” muslims call for restrictions on our freedoms because they find them offensive then they are placing their religion above our constitution and supreme Law of the Land... Silencing offensive speech about islam is not protected under our Constitutional rights, and for muslims and apologists to want to do so is an attempt to superceded our supreme Law of the Land to infringe upon our unalienable rights. ~Rachael Salak
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 03:18:29 +0000
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