Let’s just say that the Government put the same restrictions on the 1st Amendment as it does the 2nd.
Would you have a waiting period before you could join a church of your choosing?
Your Church Leader would have to be licensed by the Government
Your Church would have to be licensed by the government; license can be revoked at anytime
Church books open to inspection by the government (they want to know who goes to your church).
Would you have to have a background check before joining this church or practicing you beliefs, and in some jurisdictions you would be required to be fingerprinted.
The Government would determine which religions are appropriate for you to practice, some religions are considered too extreme for the citizens. Military & some government officials may join these religions.
How about “justifying “your need to practice a certain religion?
How about the Government determining which books you can read, some books are inappropriate for the average citizen to read, reserved for select government personnel only.
You have to have a background check before you can buy a book, you book dealer must, be licensed, and must keep records of who bought what book.
Want to have a waiting period to buy a book or newspaper.
Some folks get upset when they have to log on to view a news forum sight, what if you were required to have a background check & fingerprinted, and then only allowed to visit 3 sites per month.
You would need a special license to write or post an opend, or post to a forum.
Sounds pretty extreme doesn’t it? Yet if our Founding Fathers saw all the restrictions placed on what they considered a “Basic Right” for all Americans, they would consider that extreme.
On more than one occasion I have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, at no time do I consider any of the Rights of the People to be negotiable.
