Declaring that the “courts have gone too far” in interpreting this amendment, Congressman Ernest Istook (R- OK) has proposed the Religious Freedom Amendment to repair “the damage of 36 years of court rulings.” If passed, the amendment will reverse decades of Supreme Court rulings on the separation of church and state.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AMENDMENT:
To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: Neither the United States nor any State shall establish any official religion, but the people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, or traditions on public property, including schools, shall not be infringed.
Neither the United States nor any State shall require any person to join in prayer or other religious activity, prescribe school prayers, discriminate against religion, or deny equal access to a benefit on account of religion.
This asshole is fucked up. Surely, this amendment won’t get the two-thirds majority it needs to pass. We live in scary times.