Are My Freedoms Guaranteed by the Constitution of America? As a young man of sixteen years old, I am aware that in less than two years I will be required to register with Selective Services. I will also be old enough to choose to vote or not, use tobacco, join the military and many added freedoms and obligations that come with adulthood. A freedom I currently enjoy and have my entire life is the freedom to believe what I choose about God, the Holy Bible, to select the religion of my choice, and whether to live by the guidelines found in the pages of the Bible or not. Until a few months ago, I was confident those choices, my choices, were something I was guaranteed; a right that could never be taken away from me. Now however, I am in doubt, uncertain …show more content…
If the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation can push aside the clearly specified guaranteed rights and freedoms of their citizens, the possibility of the same unjust restrictions being taken against other religions in that country is quite likely, furthermore, the possibility of similar exploitation happening in this country is not as farfetched an idea as some may scoff. The claim states that Jehovah’s Witnesses are dangerous extremists equal to Al-Qaida, ISIS, and the Taliban. The United Nations, the Helsinki Commission, the European Court of Human Rights and numerous other international organizations have spoken out against the court’s decision to misapply laws and label Jehovah’s Witnesses in such a manner, yet their appeals seem to have fallen on deaf ears (Hope,