Congress shall make no laws 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. Two come first, which is where religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. 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 lifting i
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
The head of the Environmental Protection agency, Michael Regan testified on the use of science and technology in epas regulatory decisionmaking process before the health science, space and Technology Committee. He also spoke on how a potential Government Shutdown could impede the epas work, including protecting vulnerable communities from pollutants. This hearing is just under three hours. Our website. We take you live now to the house science, space, Technology Committee hearing featuring epa administrator Michael Regan. The hearing will review the Environmental Protection Agency Science and technical activities and their use the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. Opening statements. Before my Opening Statement i would like to also request unanimous consent to submit chairman lucass Opening Statement for the record. I now recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I would like to w
Lawmakers to approve money now. Laura a camera crew driving through the pouring rain as Tropical Storm julia hugs the east coast. Now its dumping rain in georgia. Lets check in with Dave Osterberg and the weather center. Dave indeed. This is a big rainmaker, not a big wind maker, though. Its 30, 40 miles north of jacksonville. We do have the georgia coast to parts of the South Carolina coastline. This is going to rain itself out over the next couple of days. In the meantime, we have a lot of moisture hanging around. Weve had a few sprinkles along south tampa and along the coastline north. Overall rain chances today run 50 to 60 . Were starting at 79 degrees with high temps today back in the upper 80s. Courtney . All right. The accident. If youre just waking up with us, weve been talking about it this morning. Overnight fatal accident along eastbound ridge road still has lanes shut down about two miles east of little road at airway boulevard. This reportedly involved a motorcycle. Well