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No it doesn't, and that's the problem.
It does, though.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion...
Literally written to protect people from religious persecution in ANY way
The radical right have repeatedly said that freedom of religion does not mean freedom FROM religion, and that is exactly why they have the "right" to force their religion upon others though law and courts. They read it as the Federal government is not allowed to choose one national religious sect, but states can enforce any religion they want, which happens to be a violent usurpation of "christianity".
That's not freedom from religion. That's freedom from a religious state.
It only says that CONGRESS shall make no law. The states think they have that power to enforce a religion but the national government does not.
They might think that, but they don't.
And yet, here we are....posting commandments in schools (and not Beatotudes) and removing women's rights in accordance with God's Plan
Yes, but it's not actually constitutional to do what Louisiana is doing. It'll get challenged in federal court before too long.
And the abortion rights thing is pure racism and control. They don't want white women getting abortions because they don't want to become the minority. Plus, the Bible literally has instructions for an abortion ritual, and says in multiple places that life begins at first breath.
I think get what you’re saying. Freedom from religion should be codified in some manner, and atheism should be afforded the same protections and rights. Right?
Kind of, but not really. Look at France, they have freedom from religion. They're not allowed to be religious fanatics in public. It's why they banned the burkini.
I mean, if they ban only Islamic religious symbols but not crosses, bhindis, or yarmulkes then they’re just punching down on a vulnerable and powerless minority. A society is only as good as it treats its most vulnerable, otherwise their culture is “might is right”, which isn’t a culture per se.
France managed this by forbiding all religious displays of any kind in any public place, unless it's over 200+ years old then it's protected for being a historical display. Nothing outside of Catholicism has any display that old. Bing bang boom, only Catholic displays of a religious nature are allowed.
I think you missed the forest through the trees on that one. I agree that you can't half ass it though.
Come on over to my neck of the woods....Conservatives are cutting all the trees down in clear-cuts.
They’re not allowed to be religious fanatics in public.
Oh they very much are. As long as it's christian.
You're also missing the forest through the trees.
You’re also missing the forest through the trees.
This is the sort of thing someone says when they really don't know what to say but want to sound like they have Very Profound Thoughts.
Okay, since you need it spelled out... France may not have appropriately applied its freedom from religion, but that isn't the point. The point is a country like France doesn't just have freedom from a religious state, but also extends that further, and that's the part we (the US) are missing. You got hung up on the detail instead of paying attention to the meaning I was conveying, hence missing the forest through the trees. There is nothing profound about it at all, just saying you're looking far too deeply instead of looking at the bigger picture of what was said.
You got hung up on the detail instead of paying attention to the meaning I was conveying
Ima thinking what we have here is a failure to communicate, not so much a failure to understand.
Then it sounds like they don't have freedom from religion or freedom of religion. So I still don't get what you think the issue is.
No I think they made a really good point that you are ignoring because it doesn't suit your narrative.
When countries ban minority faiths they effectively reward the majority one.
You can have freedom from religion without abolishing religion.
That would be a good point of France wasn't just an example. I'm not saying to emulate them exactly.
How about people are allowed to believe what they want? You know fucking freedom
I don't disagree with that. Believe what you want. Freedom from religion wouldn't stop you from believing what you want. It stops you from pushing it onto others.