Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abridging the freedom of speech , or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble , and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances .
Simplified: `` Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ... ''