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
Similar issues. It is bloomberg daybreak europe. A warm welcome to the show. Five days of misery on the pound seem to have come to an end. We have given down given back the boris bounce. It will be a jagged path. 1. 38, squeeze out to about 1. 40 by the end of 2020. He does not see political brakeman ship ending anytime soon. 500, irrational exuberance for 2020. Thats what we need to ask ourselves on the s p 500. Consumer spending is strong. Newhome sales, you saw the best three months since 2007. I always get very nervous when people refer back to 2007 and 2008. Catherine man has a warning from citi. China is stepping up measures to support the economy in 2020. It is a multi prong policy drive. Tariff cuts on goods will be delivered and it is supporting the domestic consumption. Selina wang with me from beijing. Good to see you. A little bit more on this. Give me the details. We are getting sort of a blitz of news around some policy measures that china is looking to take to bolster th
What is going to be the outcome of this summit . The trilateral meeting . Seeing is that one leg of that triangle is in a bad situation has been japan and south korea on hostile terms for the past year. What they managed to do was pull forers of japan together their first summit in 15 months. We have seen the opening remarks from that meeting. Remarkably warm, considering what has been said over the past year or so. Both sides have pointed out the importance of the relationship and said they really want to improve it. The disadvantage they both face is their own populations at home are not necessarily keen on that idea we have seen a pull in japan that isin 70 of voters see no need to improve relations in any kind of hurry. What is chinajapan relations . That is something shinzo abe has been anxious to make an achievement of his long period in office. When he took office in 2012, relations were so bad there were concerns about military conflict over a territorial dispute. What he wants