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 redress of grievances. The two 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. In 1833, massachusetts disestablished. 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 went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. That is one of the reasons it went away. Also, that is a period in American History of revivalism. People started going to camp meetings, singing songs, and they didnt like having to sup
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
Floor of the house in just a they say will be a standard pro forma session. A brief session on this friday morning with many key votes expected next week. Live coverage here on cspan. The prayer will be offered by chaplain father conroy. Loving god we give you thanks for giving us another day. The firsting days of session of the 116th congress, help the members of the house and those of the senate to act wisely and carefully in the important work they do. Throughation passes this holy season for millions of americans, may there be goodwill communities and peace and reconciliation or those virtues communications and messages. The chair announces the speaker reappointment effective december 16, 2019, pursuant to section two of the Civil Rights Commission Amendment Act of 1994. The house of january 3, 2019 of the following individuals on the part of the house to the commission on civil rights for a term expiring december 15, 2025. The clerk mr. Peter from cleveland, ohio. The speaker pro
Information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like foreign governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes in reelection mode. Every time he