FIRST AMENDMENT

"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."

This means, despite what the majority of Americans believe, there is not now and nor will there ever be, a declaration of Christianity as our national religion, barring another amendment to the Constitution that declares so. We are not a Christian nation, and our founders specifically forbid us to become so. Further, it guarantees the right of Americans to practice any religion they wish to - no matter how "offensive" others may find it. This amendment also guarantees us all freedom of speech, no matter how offensive it may be, the right to rally, no matter how extreme the cause, and the right to petition our government.