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-Amendments -- [[First Amendment|1]]-[[Second Amendment|2]]-[[Third Amendment|3]]-[[Fourth Amendment|4]]-[[Fifth Amendment|5]]-[[Sixth Amendment|6]]-[[Seventh Amendment|7]]-[[Eighth Amendment|8]]-[[Ninth Amendment|9]]-[[Tenth Amendment|10]]-[[Eleventh Amendment|11]]-[[Twelfth Amendment|12]]-[[Thirteenth Amendment|13]]-[[Fourteenth Amendment|14]]-[[Fifteenth Amendment|15]]-[[Sixteenth Amendment|16]]-[[Seventeenth Amendment|17]]-[[Eighteenth Amendment|18]]-[[Nineteenth Amendment|19]]-[[Twentieth Amendment|20]]-[[Twenty-First Amendment|21]]-[[Twenty-Second Amendment|22]]-[[Twenty-Third Amendment|23]]-[[Twenty-Fourth Amendment|24]]-[[Twenty-Fifth Amendment|25]]-[[Twenty-Sixth Amendment|26]]-[[Twenty-Seventh Amendment|27]]
-The First Amendment to the [[Constitution]] of the [[United States of America]] says:
-:[[Congress]] shall make no law respecting an establishment of [[religion]], or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the [[freedom of speech]], or of the [[press]]; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the [[government]] for a redress of grievances.
-This is generally taken as a limitation on the power of the federal goverment with respect to:
-#[[freedom of religion]]
-#[[free speech]]
-#[[freedom of the press]]
-#[[peaceful assembly]]
-#[[political activism]]
-== Conservative Interpretation ==
-Liberals often focus on the so-called "[[establishment clause]]", in noting that the federal government cannot endorse or establish a church.  However, liberals often overlook the clause explicitly allowing for the free exercise of religion.  Conservatives argue that this clause can be interpreted to allow much more leeway to the majority of religious Americans than liberals currently allow.
-[[Category: Constitution]]

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