1st Amendment...

            The 1st Amendment to the Constitution

"Congress shall make no law respecting the 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 grievance."

Okay then fellow Pilgrims, that above you up there is the 1st Amendment to the Bill of Rights, which is the first ten amendments to the Constitution of these here United States of America.

It sets the tone for the enumeration of our freedoms.  The Constitution itself was filled to the brim with all sorts of special stuff important to us all.  But it did not specify in a sort of "Cliff Notes" layout exactly which freedoms it made sure we possessed.  And so the Founding Fathers (I wonder if they called each other that?) decided that amendments would be necessary to spell out those freedoms from time to time, and they'd just go ahead on and list the first ten that came to mind.  And thus we have the Bill of Rights, with the 1st Amendment thereof spelled out above for all to see.  

Please take a moment, read it, and enjoy!

Okay now, we can begin.  First, I have to say that these old boys were masters at verbal economy.  Very few words, lots of information.  The 2nd Amendment, as an example, has only 27 words.  Yet, it's pissed off more squishy liberal than perhaps any other Amendment.  

Second, you'll note the first few words of this Amendment.  It specifies that Congress shall not tinker around the edges of the Constitution by trying to either create a religion, or to define what one should be.  That's called the "establishment clause," in case you were wondering.  Most busybodies are fond of screeching that the Constitution clearly specifies the "separation of church and state."  It doesn't.  And the first little bit of the Bill clearly specifies that.  

However, it goes on to state that nobody can make a law prohibiting the free exercise of one's religion.  Limp-wristed bedwetters like our Boy Guv Gavin Newsom is fond of doing that.  And so are Deputy Dog Cuomo and DeBlaaahsio in New York, and the Little General governor Phil Murphy from New Jersey, and so many others.  Every day they prohibit our worshipful from attending the church or synagogue or mosque of their choice, or limit the number of congregants, by sworn officers under the color of authority, they are violating the 1st Amendment.  And the Supreme Court just ruled that they had better stop.  I wonder if they will?

The "1st" goes on to mention that our speech must be "free" and that nobody should abridge it.  Meaning modify or change or limit it.  Kind of like is being done by Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and so many other social media sites on a daily basis.  Of course, I might mention that nobody's speech is limited unless they permit it to be.  I don't.  Do you?

Of course, fistfights may occasionally erupt.  Count on it...

The "1st" then states that the freedom of the press shall not be limited.  It isn't.  Except by Liberals and Progressives and Democrats at so many of our newspapers and TV stations and social media sites today.  Just remember: the Government isn't limiting your speech.  The folks in charge of our press freedom are limiting your speech.  Think about that for a minute...

The 1st Amendment then goes on to guarantee we have the freedom to assemble.  That means to get together with each other.  Whenever we want.  Except, of course, if you live in states like CA or NY or NJ or WA or OR or so many other Dem states where they've decided to limit how many people you can have over to dinner, and from how many households may they come, and where they may sit at the table, and perhaps whether or not they get score seconds.  

Do they have s**t for brains?  

And lastly, the 1st Amendment tells us we can demand the Government to rethink actions it takes against us that are unconstitutional.  Or that we think just might be.  And we do.  Every day.  Just think about the more than 5,000 registered lobbyists roaming around the halls of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.  They are there to try and arm-twist our elected officials into seeing things their way.  And all of that would be just fine with our Founders.

I'd also like to offer up that it's taken me about 500 words to outline and define for you what the 1st Amendment so clearly states in only 45.  That's what I meant by "verbal economy."

In summation, the 1st Amendment outlines for you the Rights you own as a natural born American.  The Constitution did not give those Rights to you.  Your elected officials did not give them to you.  You were born with them.  They were a gift from God.  And these are the very same Rights those on the hard Left, the "Progressives" among us, are working overtime to take from us. 

But you won't let that happen, will you?  You're too smart for that...