By Ben Stein on 9.27.07 @ 12:08AM
A short message about our need to be able to pray.
Sometimes, when I am alone, I think of what I would do if I were
President. First, double the size of the armed forces. Second,
double their pay. Third, pay for it with a surcharge on the incomes
of the VERY rich.
But lately I have been thinking of a need even more basic. We as
a nation need to be able to pray. We need to remove the constraints
of courts who have wildly misunderstood the First Amendment. We
need a new amendment to the Constitution which would be The Right
To Worship Amendment. It would say that the right of Americans to
worship as they please in public and private places shall not be
abridged unless such worship poses an imminent threat to safety and
public order, but that no one shall be forced to worship against
his will at any time in any circumstance.
Why don't we have that? We will never be who we can be and who
we must be if we take worship of God out of our lives.
topics:
Constitution
About the Author
Ben Stein is a writer, actor, economist, and lawyer living in Beverly Hills and Malibu. He writes "Ben Stein's Diary" for every issue of The American Spectator.
