The First Amendment doesn't provide for a "state religion", but allows and gives the right for people to go to any church ( or no church) that they wish. The founding fathers had seen what happened to people who lived under a state sponsored religion and eventually the oppression of other religions takes place not allowing for people to believe or not believe in the religion of their choice.
The first is the states legislative body can approve the amendment. The other is the states consititutional convention delegates are authorized to approve the amendment. The full details can be found in Article Five.
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The First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing a religion, which by implication prevents its either supporting or inhibiting religion in general.
The first amendment.
First amendment.
They are separate amendments. Freedom of speech and press is the 1st amendment. The second amendment is the Freedom of religion.
The first amendment of the constitution does guarantee the freedom of religion.
There is no amendment that gives any "rights" to a religion, except that the freedom to pursue a religion shall not be infringed. You might be thinking of Amendment I, i.e. the first.
The First Amendment!
the 1st: freedom of speech, petition, assembly, religion and protest
the First Amendment protects the right to freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly andpetition.
freedom of religion