Know Your First Amendment

So what were the freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment, which is part of the Bill of Rights, which is also part of our U.S. Constitution?

Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Right to Peacefully Assemble
Right to Petition the Government for a redress of grievances

In the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum poll taken on Jan. 20-22, only one of the 1,000 adults polled could name all five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. Only 8 people in 100 could name at least three First Amendment freedoms. Yet more than one in five (22 percent) could identify all five major characters in "The Simpsons." Four in 10 surveyed could name two of the three judges on the show "American Idol," and one in four could name all three.

Here were some stupid answers given during the poll:

21 percent said that the First Amendment gave the right to own and raise pets

20 percent said it was to drive

36 percent said it was the right for women to vote

Washington Post - Noted With Interest