Our Constitution & Religion?

Question

Does the constitution of America guarantee freedom OF religion or freedom FROM religion?

Answer 1

Freedom OF religion. The idea was to protect religion from the government, not the other way around.

Answer 2

The constitutional framers were dieist and Masons. The constitution guarantees that all man by their own births have the right to live and express their life as they choose, just as long as it doesn't infringe upon the rights of others. They called it Natures laws/God's laws that are granted to all man by virtue of birth and being (although in the beginning racism flurished against Native/black americans!).

So your question in many ways is the same thing, it guarantees freedom of belief, freedom of expression. So of course it’s both, freedom of religion entitles that one have rights to not be of a religion, to BELIEVE what you please to. Btw many people think Atheism is a relgion of sorts, Secularism. It's all belief man, what you are wiling to believe and accept and what you aren't.

Answer 3

The Constitution has a major flaw. An unfair advantage was given to religion and they have taken full advantage of it. Because they pay no taxes, the rest of us have to pay a higher rate to make up the difference. Look at all the "church property" in your town and think how much lower your taxes would be if the government was not forcing you to subsidize religion's share.
Religion also thinks it is a violation of their rights if they are denied the opportunity to use the coercive power of the state to shove their god down your throat. The abortion question is a perfect example of this. No one is holding a gun to the head of religionists forcing them to have an abortion, yet they think it is perfectly OK to pass laws that take that right away from people who do not share their narrow religious perceptions. The Constitution can be used by religion to destroy The Constitution and that is the major threat to freedom in this country.

Answer 4

Freedom of religion. Unfortunately, when theocratic-minded Christian fundamentalists see that our society has mechanisms in place that guarantee the freedom to practice any religion (and does this by ensuring that government institutions don't endorse any specific religion, including christianity), they perceive it as being attacked. The warped perception is such that they think the U.S. is supporting freedom from religion.

Answer 5

all it does is deny a theocracy. a government run on religion, the type of government that ruined Europe. the power associated with the church and the state government is way to much power for any one person or group of people to wield. Corruption will always result. the vaules of this nation have deep religious roots, but that isn't government sponcored religion.

Answer 6

Thats a good question. Freedom From religious persecution

Answer 7

of religion. You can choose to have it or not, and if you choose to have, you can choose what. You can never be totally free from religion because it is guaranteed to all Americans so it is everywhere you look.

Answer 8

This would be a theocracy if Meg was right...

The constitution was putting the church on notice that we would no longer be run by the clergy and they would not have free reign over us.

Answer 9

It has been interpreted by the Judicial branch as meaning both. Citizens are free to worship (or not worship) as they please and Government is not allowed to establish a state religion.

Answer 10

Freedom of religon.