Recently I attended a conference and absorbed a lot of information, but there was one idea that resonated harder than the others. That is the importance of the First Amendment and all the rights that it grants, which are overlooked on a daily basis.
The conference hosted a free breakfast, you could eat all the food you want, and the only requirement was to sign away your First Amendment rights for the duration of the meal.
To some college students a free breakfast sounded good, but they quickly realized that their First Amendment rights were more important.
Upon entrance to the breakfast, students were separated into categories based on dress, actions and or diction. A student could blink his or her eyes wrong and receive unfair treatment because he or she gave up their First Amendment rights.
The First Amendment guarantees five things that are not granted in any other country in the world.
“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,” according to the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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