You Don’t Have the Freedom of Religion in America
1st Amendment, America, Apologetics, Christianity, civil rights, freedom of religion, FreeThinkingMInistries, Gospel, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, separation of church and state, Tim Stratton
At first glance, that title sounds absurd. Of course we have freedom of religion in the United States—it’s one of our most cherished rights. But if by “freedom of religion” we mean the unlimited right to believe and do anything whatsoever in the name of religion, then the truth is simple: you do not have that freedom in America—and you never have. The question is not whether religious freedom exists, but what it actually means—and where its limits must be drawn. The United States of America offers one of the most robust protections of religious liberty in human history. Citizens are free to worship—or not worship—according to the dictates of conscience. This freedom is deeply embedded in the American experiment and is often rightly celebrated as one of our most cherished rights.…