The Second Amendment to Protect All Other Freedoms
In tragedy after tragedy, it strikes at the heart of every American to see the painful images of destruction: a line of emergency vehicles, red and blue lights flashing, crime scene tape blowing in the wind, and in the background a church. Freedom of religion is deeply rooted in the American tradition. So much so, the founding fathers thought a prohibition on government interference with the exercise of religion needed to be memorialized in the First Amendment. We all know th