Reality determines public policy.
By Ernest L. Ohlhoff, NRLC Director of Outreach F reedom of religion is specifically provided for in the First Amendment to the Constitution. It is one of our most fundamental and precious freedoms. Although some in the media say otherwise, this freedom includes the freedom to speak out on social and moral issues facing society and to encourage members of the church to work for the good of society's social order. Church members must be free to speak out publicly on these issues and to promote public policies that will benefit and protect all members of society. The implication is that by preaching on certain moral issues, one is somehow trying to establish a state religion.