One of the challenges of caring citizens in America today is how
to frame the conversations about how to expand and strengthen
our 1st Amendment freedoms to one another. There are five basic
freedoms all of which are focused on how to have conversations
that matter: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of
the press, freedom to assemble, and freedom to petition. One
thing science is teaching us about human beings is that we are
ALL hardwired to practice morality, i.e. well-being of ourselves
and others. One doesn’t need organized religion to learn well-
being. If I don’t eat or drink, I die. Therefore, it’s right to
eat. It’s wrong to starve. Our 1st Amendment freedom of religion
simply means that if you want to participate an organized
religion, great - “We the People” are not going to force one on
you. At the same time, because we’re human beings hardwired to
make choices - our founders wanted and expected us to bring our
diverse moral perspectives into public conversations about how
we can make ou