The Founding Fathers Today
From time to time I hear the statement that "If the founding fathers were writing the constitution today would they have written it differently".
We of course have no way of knowing what the founding fathers would do today, if the constitution would be exactly the same or extremely different.
In the 1st Amendment we are give the "freedom of religion" which as I understand it states that there will not be a national church, and we can follow (not-follow) any religion we wish.
So, although I feel the 1st amendment as to religion is very clear, apparently some feel it means freedom of "THEIR" religion. To the point that if the full practice of their religion requires denying the same right to others that is fine.
Although it is not new to see someone want to deny a freedom from another in the name of their right to religion, with the current arguments over gay right I will ask a few of questions.
Do you feel the founding fathers, if they knew how the 1st amendment has been used since 1789, would have written the 1st Amendment different today?
If you were a founding parent and given the task of writing the part of the constitution which give religious freedom, how would you write it?
