Conservatives, why do you ignore parts of the Bill of Rights?

Question

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 First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."

You know what that means? That means you cannot control us with your religion no matter how much you want it to govern our country.

The founding fathers put that in as the FIRST Amendment and the FIRST words that make up the Bill of Rights.

It's quite possibly one of the most important bills that make up the Constitution and the makeup of our country.

It couldn't be any more American!

So get over it. Your beliefs do not govern the rest of us.

Quit being anti-American you friggin "patriots".

Don't twist things around.

I agree with ALL of the Bills of Rights, not just the parts I want to follow like you conservatives.

Government cannot control the people using religion as the foundation.

Learn it, love it, and for God's sake, quit whining about it.

You're only being patriots and supporting America when it suits you.

Answer 1

This means a "state sponsored religion," not religion in general.

Some countries, especially in south america, establish catholicism as their official religion.

The founding fathers wanted us to be free to choose our religions.

Answer 2

Oh, really?

Then why is prayer in public school illegal?

Why would the ACLU DEMAND that a cross (which is a Katrina memorial) on PRIVATE LAND be removed because it's 'too close' to public land.

You're right. Congress can't do this, but apparently certain courts believe they can.

The 1st Amendment doesn't say freedom from religion. It means no establishment of a single, national religion, such as many European countries had back then.

You'll never stamp out religion in this country, as much as you'd apparently like to.

Answer 3

The first amendment simply means the govt can't impose a national religion on the people. No one has been trying to force you into any religion.

Plus, how about the second amendment? People like you keep taking away our right to keep and bear arms. So stop being a hypocrite.

Answer 4

You said that we are ignoring the bill or rights, but you aren't elaborating on what we did wrong.
And besides, I thought it was the liberals who were the ones that thought America was the enemy. Who's being unpatriotic? Part of being in America means freedom or religion. We did nothing to stop it. If you have a problem with the religion, just ignore and stop complaining.

Answer 5

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." and "you cannot control us with your religion no matter how much you want it to govern our country." are different!

Answer 6

WELL SAID!

BTW--have you noticed the right-wing doesn't pay any attention to the Bible either--at least parts like the Sermonn on the Mount! LOL

Answer 7

You are TOTALLY WRONG, they don't ignore parts of the bill of rights, they ignore it all!

Answer 8

The Liberal Bill of Rights

Some superlative work by Christopher Kallini (including some recent updating) gives us the Liberal Bill of Rights. Rather, the Bill of Rights as they would be if they had been written by the modern Democratic Party.

Shamelessly stolen from, and with much thanks to, Kevin’s Mind for reposting it.

Amendment I

Congress shall separate Church and State, and ensure that no public agency ever acknowledge the existence of religion. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, except for such speech as is spoken by white males regarding women or minorities. Religion shall be defined as subjective belief systems with no basis in fact that involve rituals in a church or equivalent sacred area. Subjective belief systems with no basis in fact that do not perform rituals in a church-equivalent shall be the foundation of government policy.
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Amendment II

A National Guard and public Law Enforcement Agencies, to be established at a yet-to-be-determined time within the next two centuries, being necessary to the security of a police state, the right of certain government employees to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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Amendment III

No woman shall, in time of pregnancy, be barred from killing her child at will, regardless of medical necessity, at any point between conception and delivery. Should a woman kill her children after delivery, while it may be considered a criminal act, it shall be seen as an unfortunate consequence of mental anguish caused by dwelling in a male-dominated society, rather than a heinous crime. Fathers are considered to have no connection to the child, and to be irrelevant to its care, outside of monetary support.
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Amendment IV

The right of the people to pretend to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unwarranted and imagined fears, shall be absolute. Freedoms shall be removed from the citizenry and scary items banned as rapidly as possible to accomplish said goal, regardless of whether this accomplishes true safety, or even decreases it.
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Amendment V

Economic concerns shall be subjugated to environmental concerns, the validity of which shall be determined by emotional and spiritual divinations, rather than scientific endeavor.
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Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to blame his indiscretions on racism and poverty. The victim instead shall accept responsibility for the crime, and for his part in establishing such a hateful society.
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Amendment VII

Progressive taxation shall be the basis of Federal income, which shall hereafter be free from budgetary constraints, so that “The Rich” are not given unfair compensation for their unfairly disproportionately strong contribution to an unfairly prosperous economy.
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Amendment VIII

Of criminals, excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor jailtime prescribed without rapid parole, nor the death penalty imposed, nor access to cable television or the internet hindered, nor punishment inflicted.
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Amendment IX

The enumeration in the constitution of certain rights is flexible, and shall be denied to the people at governmental whim as “times change” and basic human rights become “outdated”.
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Amendment X

The powers not explicitly delegated to the Federal Government by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are assumed to be delegated to the Federal Government anyway.
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Amendment XI

In order to avoid the appearance of “arrogance”, and as the concept of the people deciding their own fate reeks of provincial tribalism, the national interests of the country shall not be decided by its elected representatives, but rather by an organization of unelected representatives of foreign nations.
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Amendment XII

The concept of patriotism or otherwise acting in the interest of the nation shall be considered abhorrent and primitive, although this shall not construed as a lack of patriotism on the part of this constitution’s adherents.
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Amendment XIII

Citizens have the right to pay large portions of their income to provide for the medical care of complete strangers, medical professionals shall undergo years of difficult and intense training in order to have the right to have their work offered to anyone at a price determined by the State, and patients shall have the right to have substandard healthcare rationed out to them at the State’s whim.
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Amendment XIV

Racial discrimination shall form the basis of all educational and hiring requirements, as long as races discriminated against are “white” and “asian”. As this amendment implies that non-asian minorities are incapable of competing with whites and asians in intellectual arenas, and is therefore racist, this amendment is now pending prosecution for hate speech crimes.
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Amendment XV

“Human Rights” shall be defined as only those benefits provided by the State, such as may be funded by taxation. The term “rights” shall not be construed to provide actual rights, such as might exist independent of government control.