The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience—the freedom ... exercise their religion as well ...

When the founders created the Bill of Rights, they placed freedom of speech, religion, assembly and the press above all others. There was a reason; those who had come to the colonies had fled ...

Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally ... The First Amendment of the Constitution—the first article of the Bill of Rights—states that “Congress shall make ...

Earlier in the day, the Senate passed the bill along a mostly party-line, 24-7 vote after combining the “Parents Bill of Rights” and religious ... and divisive. An amendment in the Senate ...