Evening. Inave taught religion america for more than 35 years. And i believe that the First Amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. Congress shall make no laws 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 to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a. D dress of grievances the to come first, which is where religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often people dont understand what establishment is. 1833, massachusetts this established. Established. What that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. If you want to know why establishment when a way, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. That is one of the reasons it went away. In also, tha
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Now, i have taught religion in america for more than 35 years. And i believe that the First Amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. 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 to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The establishment of religion and freedom of exercise comes first, which is why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often, people dont understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished. And what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Now, if you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. Right
Press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The establishment of religion and freedom of exercise comes first, which is why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often, people dont understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished. And what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Now, if you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. Right . That is one of the reasons it went away. But also, that is a period in American History of revivalism. People started going to camp meetings, they started whooping it up, singing songs, and they didnt like having to support these basically european style formal religion, everybody sitting like this. Theres a liturgy. Wouldnt you rather
Thats ice until youre sliding. That is true. Its not just the roads. People forced to walk very carefully in Plymouth Meeting to keep from wiping out in that parking lot right there. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im i yann page. Live Team Coverage for tonight. Shawnette wilson out rod right now lets start with chief meteorologist scott williams. Scott, this seiss sticking around. It really is because of the temperatures iain and lucy. They are at or below freezing so fit looks wet it probably is a frozen glaze across parts of our area. We had that Winter Weather advisory area wide until 6 00 a. M. On tuesday for that black ice and slick roadways especially untreated surfaces. Sidewalks, too as we take a look at ultimate doppler still looking at precipitation north and west around the doylestown area. Looking at some flurries perhaps a few sleet pellets be mindful of that. Getting a little bit of a break right now in south jersey and parts of delaware but theres more precipitatio