{"id":1519,"date":"2008-03-06T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/03\/06\/my-first-amendment-right-to-be-a-pet-owner\/"},"modified":"2008-03-06T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T17:58:00","slug":"my-first-amendment-right-to-be-a-pet-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/03\/06\/my-first-amendment-right-to-be-a-pet-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Amendment Right to be a Pet Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Amendment –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 peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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<\/span>This is the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights.  <\/span>It guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition for redress of grievances.  <\/span>Got that?
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<\/span>Well, a recent Associated Press<\/a> article discusses a study done by the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum<\/a> that shows only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five guaranteed freedoms of the First Amendment.  <\/span>More than half the people surveyed could name at least two members of The Simpsons.  <\/span>More people could name the three American Idol judges than could name three First Amendment rights.  <\/span>One in five people surveyed thought the First Amendment guaranteed the right to own a pet!
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<\/span>This telephone survey was of 1000 random adults.
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<\/span>No wonder so many people don’t realize how many of our fundamental rights we’re losing in America.  <\/span>For crying out loud, they think the First Amendment guarantees them the right to own a pet!  <\/span>You’re right, our founding fathers were concerned with freedom speech, the right to bear arms, and the promise that every American has a cute little purse dog for a pet!
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<\/span>Go back to the top of this blog.  <\/span>Read it, learn it, and force our lawmakers to respect it!
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First Amendment –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 peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. This is the First Amendment of the Bill of …<\/p>\n

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