Issue Position: First Amendment Rights

Issue Position

I believe the current case law on the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment is inconsistent and flawed. An example of this inconsistency may be found in the recent decisions regarding Ten Commandment displays: the Supreme Court ruled that in Texas it is appropriate to have a Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse grounds, but in Kentucky the same display violates the Establishment Clause.

The Founding Fathers developed these clauses to guarantee the right of all citizens to worship and to protect the church from the state, not to strip religion from the everyday lives of Americans.

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