That is where the 14th Amendment came in. You are very correct, in what you say and in the beginning states could have laws that limited Free Speech, religion and such. But after the 14th Amendment the Supreme Court determined that in order for their to be true Equal Protection under the law the Bill of Rights must be extended to the state courts.
There have been a number of Court Cases that deal with all of the Bill of Rights, and how the states have to deal with them. It wasn't very long ago when it was perfectly legal for a state to create laws that made it illegal to practice a certain religion, speak against the government, or even have a fair trial. Do the research it is there. Our country is not perfect, but the foundation was laid in a manner in which it can become damn close. > -----Original Message----- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:phoeunp@;entelligence.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: How free are we? > > Yes I've read the papersin HS and debated on them heavily especially on > Separation of Church and State. THe Constitution says that CONGRESS > cannot > ESTABLISH a religion blah blah blah. But it does not specifically the > STATE > can't do it. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
