“Well, the radical left believes that the freedom of religion is the freedom from religion. But it’s nothing the American founders ever thought of or generations of Americans fought to defend.”
The comment here is attributed to former Vice President Mike Pence, as if that’s any surprise.
I want to take a brief moment to challenge the ex-VPOTUS’s assertion.
When I took my oath upon being inducted into the U.S. Army in 1968, I presumed in the moment that I was going to protect the U.S. Constitution. That means all of the civil liberties enshrined in the document. One of those liberties includes the First Amendment’s protection against the government imposing a state religion.
Pence to revisit religious freedom act – High Plains Blogger (wordpress.com)
The amendment does in fact guarantee citizens the right to avoid religion if that is their choice. It isn’t mine, but I have no right to presume that every American should follow my lead. They are free to worship whatever or not worship any religious deity.
Are we clear? Good!