The First Amendment to the Constitution reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom 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."

In response to the letter in The Augusta Chronicle on March 6 by Joseph A. Zuchowski ("Politics and the Bible shouldn't mix"), I would like to examine the above amendment to the Constitution. Mr. Zuchowski uses a misquote of the Constitution to try to make his point. I guess he assumes that more people are like him and not responsible enough to read the document.

The first part, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" (emphasis mine), means that Congress cannot have a law that gives one religion preference over another; therefore, all must be treated equally under the law.

Next, "or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is simple. Congress cannot silence religion.

We have a constitutional right to freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. Become educated for yourselves by reading the Constitution. In the future I would hope that Mr. Zuchowski would actually read the Constitution instead of the liberal mantra that he so vehemently spat at the readers of The Augusta Chronicle .

Randy Weakley, Evans