Gary’s inspiration for this story comes from a visit to the Newseum in Washington DC where they had a special exhibit on the 1st. Amendment.
To protect individual rights, the framers of the United States Constitution added ten amendments to the document, which came into force in 1792, three years after the Constitution itself did. These amendments are collectively named the Bill of Rights.
Arguably, the First Amendment is also the most important to the maintenance of a democratic government. It guarantees 5 rights.
Yet few can name those rights. How are we to protect those rights if we don’t know what they are?