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The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country.

I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith.

Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It's in our Constitution. It's in most state constitutions.

While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion.

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.

America was founded to be a beacon of liberty, particularly religious liberty. The framers of our Constitution sought to preserve religious liberty to such an extent that they made it the first right protected in the Bill of Rights.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.