The First Amendment

"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 great nation of ours was established on the principle of freedom of religion.  A concept that simple enough, but in reality isn't.  Who really has the ability to practice freedom of religion to their fullest desire?  Not the Mormons that is for sure.  In the United States Supreme Court case of Renolds v. US in 1879, the Supreme Court found the Mormon practice of polygamy to be unconstitutional.  The freedom of religion is not absolute in this country.  Within the First Amendment are the establishment clause and the exercise clause.  The establishment clause means that there shall be no official church of the state while the exercise clause allows you to choose what religion you wish to follow. 

Just like the freedom of religion is not guaranteed in this county, neither is the freedom of speech.  Hate speech is speech that is likely to inflict emotional harm and provoke criminal action.  True threats are forms of speech that a reasonable person would believe is a serious expression of an intent to inflict harm.  An example of a true threat is the statement, "I'm going to kill the President".  Within this poster, the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech seem to collide with one another.  There are some that believe that by saying the word "God" within the pledge of allegiance, we are forcing religion upon our children.