The constitution says:
"We the People of the United States, .....the people set up the government. The government works for the people and protects the rights of people....the power to govern comes from the people, who are the highest power.This is called "popular sovereignty." The people elect representatives to make laws."(bold mine)
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government,............'The First Amendment of the Bill of rights protects a person's right to freedom of expression...(it) protcts freedom of religion and free speech.........The First Amendment also gives people the right to petition the goverment to change laws or acts that are not fair'.(bold mine)
What is freedom of religion?
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.(bold mine).......'The first Amendment states,....and protects citizens' rights to hold any religious belief, or none at all'.
The above statements are directly quoated from 'Civics Test' that were prepared by the U.S. government for the naturalization to U.S. citizenship.
According to the government explaination on 'The First Amendment', the very idea of including the freedom of religion as part of the Bill of Rights was to protect people from religious persecution in both way that is right to practice any religion or right not to practice a religion. And No one in US should persecuted for standing either way. Does this mean we should not be persecuted such as being shunned and being black mailed by the religiuous practicers' for not practicing particular religious doctrines? In this case, has my Constitutional rights been violated(by the WTS and its members)?
ABibleStudent, you,people, are excising your Constitutional right as a US citizen by petitioning the government to change laws or acts that are not fair. Wether its possibility or not is not the issue. Good for you! (you have a PM)