Analysis of Three Bills of Rights in the US Constitution

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Introduction
To protect the rights of the Americans, the founding fathers believed that the written
constitution that contained a section of human rights and freedom would help in the future for
safeguarding human interest and safety. When the drafted bills were sent to the states for
verification and scrutinization, averagely almost half the congress members opposed the
proposals in 1787 and conducted an open protest non-specificity of the bills. Whereas the other
individuals from different states demanded the inclusion of a bill of rights in the operating
constitution and that they will cooperate and accept the law if and only if it contained the bill of
rights in it. When the next government was formed two years later, the bill of rights got a space,

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and for the first time, ten amendments took place in the constitution. In two hundred bill
proposals discussed by the Congress members, only ten got approved that and were later
presented to the state for further approval (Saeed, p42). The country without much ado gave the
ten proposed bills the formal consent, and then the laws became part of the U.S constitution in
1791.
Examples of the bills of rights that were passed were, freedom of religion, freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of petition, the right to bear arms,
the right to equal justice, the protection against cruel and unusual punishment among others.
Three of them will be discussed with mentioning the drawbacks, advantages, and the possible
amendments that can be done to the bills to make it sound with inclusivity and sensical to every
citizen.
Freedom of religion
Starting with the freedom of religion, as it is stipulated in the constitution, it was the first
among the ten bills to be amended, and it states that all Americans are guaranteed the right to
practice any religion of their choice or choose not to practice any religion at all. The state was
forbidden to make any attempt of officiating any denomination for the nation and that no faith
was to be favored than the other in the
country.
The advantages of this freedom, religion describes the norms of society by scheming its
believer to a particular judgment of the wrongs and rights in the community (Hall, p31).
Spirituality provides a sense and purpose of identity since many people live their lives supported
by the foundations and principles of the religion they choose to serve. Religion offers its
believers with guidelines, morals, comfort which its followers follow to attain a promise in the
days to come which they perceive to be useful to them. Secondly, religious institutions are tax-

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free and are not affected by the government. The citizens can choose any religion of their choice
without the influence of the government. The third pro is, faith ensures the prevalence of
different religious practices.
The disadvantages of the freedom of religion can as well be captured in the following
perspectives; there are some religions that justify some wrong-doings which are against the law.
Its followers who have the staunch belief will not hesitate to commit the wrong-doing, which is
supported by the religion and interns underestimate the forces of the law of the state (Babie,
p91). The other con is that belief creates division among members of the country. The freedom
of free choice to religion based on individuals preference brings division in society. Individuals
will value their faith and regard it to be superior to the others existing beliefs, and finally,
religion promotes discrimination in the sense that members will identify with people they share
the same view with mostly seen in job places, politics and community services.
To neutralize and make this freedom of religion sound inclusive, then it would make
sense when the term worship is used instead of faith. Worship is an act of submitting to a given
supernatural being that is believed to more powerful and is responsible for well being of people
in a community (Lund, pp13-15). Some religions are extravagant and to some extent, disarrange
the healthy coexistence of people in the society. Freedom to worship a little bit specific and
people will be serving the already established religion. This can foster discipline in the sprouting
of beliefs that might be against the well-being of society.
The right to bear arms
The second bill of right discussed is, the right to bear arms. It was the second bill of the
reason that was included in the American constitution after freedom of religion. It gave the
American people the right to own arms for self-protection. During those days, the American