Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the f
reedom 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. summary
The First Amendment states that the government cannot make laws concerned with the establishment of religion. Nor can it make laws that prevent people from practicing their beliefs. Both documents state that citizens shall have freedom of religion and that they cannot be punished for their beliefs. Both documents call for the separation of church and state.
