Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace
Posted in Liberty's Lady by R Lee Wrights on October 15th, 2005 by Lady Liberty
“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 to peaceably assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
- The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
The First Amendment is perhaps the most popular of the enumerated rights in the Bill of Rights. As such, it’s often viewed as all but sacrosanct. But, like all of the rest of the Bill of Rights, it’s being chipped away whether we take note of the fact or not. In fact, virtually every facet of the First has been weakened just within the past few weeks. Consider:
