The First Amendment states “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.“ This amendment prohibits the government from making a national religion as well as protects those who practice any religion from Christianity to Judaism. This amendment was written on June 7, 1789 and ratified…(when). James Madison, (include an attribute) said “ The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretence, infringed.'' Freedom of Religion was important to our Founding Fathers. In Britain many people were executed for practicing a religion other than Protestant. Clearly our…show more content… They wouldn’t for another 173 years. After the First Amendment was passed Native American still didn;t have their religious rights. Many of their religious practices had been prohibited by the federal government. Many of their practices came into conflict with American public land. This caused the Indian Removal act, displacing Native Americans. This act moved Native Americans off land that was rightfully theirs. Today, I don’t face the struggles Native Americans in the 19th century did. I can practice any religion I want or no religion at all. This amendment protects my constitu my rights for my religion. However this wasn’t the case for Native Americans. They didn’t have their freedom of religion until 1978 when The American Indian Religious Freedom Act was passed. This finally gave Native Americans the protection they needed for their traditional religious rights and cultural practices. In recent events someone's appearance and where they come from. For example, President Trumps Muslim Ban. He assumed first that every single citizen in those countries were muslim, and that they were
