Restrictions in europe. A lot from attacks on civilians with nowhere to go syria and russia accused of committing war crimes in rebel held areas. So an accidental missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own boats is killed 19 sailors it happened in the jasc a region on the gulf of oman where Iranian Naval exercises were taking place as a port vessel was hit when it got too close to a target there are regular exercises held in the region near the busy strait of hormuz if more of this lets bring in our correspondents embedded robbie who study by in tehran as a details were sketchy but we get a little more information now. Thats exactly right we know that this incident took place ringback in the gulf of oman in the waters close to the strategic strait of hormuz earlier yesterday approximately 24 hours ago weve been hearing murmurs since early this morning late last night early this morning about some sort of incident during a naval exercise but details have been unclear now about
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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