1st amendment

Mosque debate becoming signal event for Islam in US ( August 30,2010)
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/08/30/mosque_debate_becoming_signal_event_for_islam_in_us/

The article was about how the Muslim religion today although not accepted in America it is respected. When some of the Muslims wanted to build a mosque (a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret) near the World trade center. This new idea has gotten a lot of controversy from all over. The article expresses their oppression and how they aren’t given the same rights as other religions. They wanted to build an after school center modeled after any YMCA or other club for their youth.

This article shows the 1st Amendment: 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. This amendment is present in the article because the amendment states that the government has no right to prohibit or discriminate based on religion. This is why the government can’t tell them not to build the mosque and why they don’t prevent them from making it. Although aloft of people want the government to stop them it’s against the constitution so they can’t. The amendment shows how the government can’t prohibit or stop them from building something based on religion.

I believe that the constitution does apply to everyone’s religion and they have the right to express their religion. The government or congress allows them to build their mosque because it’s a right. I think this will help their culture become more known for a culture not for what is known for now. By building the mosque it will not only help Muslims feel more comfortable but they can keep their religion close and have a place to go. They can build it because they have to right to express their religion without any government interference.