Posted on 07/09/2009 6:42:58 PM PDT by jmcenanly
A survey by the First Amendment Center in the US has reached the shocking conclusion that most American citizens don’t know the five basic freedoms enshrined in the constitution The study found that no more than 3% of Americans remember “petition” among the First Amendment’s five basic freedoms.
However, freedom of speech was remembered by the majority of respondents – 56%.
The others freedoms enshrined in the constitution appeared to have made little impression: freedom of religion was named by 15%; the same percentage remembered press freedom as a constitutional right while just 14% knew they had a right to assembly.
The number of respondents who remembered freedom of speech was the lowest in the history of the survey, conducted each year for the past eleven years.
What makes this year’s results more shocking is that 4 out of 10 people questioned could not name any freedom at all.
(Excerpt) Read more at russiatoday.com ...
In Soviet Amerika the news reads you!
Our freedoms aren’t taught in government schools so no one will notice or dissent (who knew you could!) as they’re taken away. http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
The Russians have to remind the Americans what freedom is?
We got a problem folks and its not the Russians.
A related issue is the large number of people who would claim that the Constitution grants rights to US citizens. It does not. It restricts the US government from violating the natural rights that (the founders believed) we already have.
What about the SECOND Amendment? The Right to own and CARRY guns? Or did they forget THAT freesom?
It's like nailing jello to a wall. It just doesn't take with many people.
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