It does. The fact no one wants to marry you does not mean you do not have the right to get married, just like the fact you do not have the means to obtain food does not mean you do not have the rights to food.
The exercise of your rights is dependent on your ability to provide the means; the...
1st 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"...
1st 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"...
re: Jefferson and his wall of separation of church and state
For a clearer understanding of his meaning of the term, read the Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, enacted in 1786.
https://cas.umw.edu/cpin/files/2011/09/Jefferson-Statute-2-versions.pdf
The Wall of Separation, as he penned...
Imagine the reaction of the left, if you argued Presidential correspondence from DJT regarding constitutional rights creates legally binding precedent.
Correct.
It is found in an 1802 letter from Jefferson to a group of Baptists, assuring them the 1st amendment secures their right to practice their religion as they saw fit, but also that federal government was given no power to interfere with said practice.
That's the full extent of the...
The language of the constitution necessitates the rights held by the people pre-exist the constitution and are not dependent on it for their existence.
The SC agrees:
...The right of the people peaceably to assemble for lawful purposes existed long before the adoption of the Constitution of the...
That's what the words say.
By "religion" I mean the "right to practice you religion, if any", not the various churches.
So, better said:
This is the degree to which the constitution protects the right of the people to the religion of their choosing from the government.