Religious freedom in the United States has faced significant challenges since the 1962 Supreme Court ruling against prayer in public schools, despite the Bill of Rights explicitly stating that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The government has increasingly restricted religion in the public square, reinterpreting freedom of religion as freedom from religion, with Christianity, the primary religion of Americans, being the main target. The pace of these restrictions has intensified in recent years, with numerous incidents illustrating the erosion of religious liberty. Examples of these infringements include a Christian photography company in New Mexico being forced to close after declining to photograph a homosexual couple's commitment ceremony, as the state's Supreme Court ruled that the law required the owners to compromise their beliefs. In San Diego, four Christian firefighters faced disciplinary action for refusing to participate in a Gay Pride parade, enduring verbal abuse and sexual gestures, though they later won a lawsuit and received damages. An Oklahoma bank was compelled to remove Bible verses from its website and crosses from teller stations after a visit from Federal Reserve employees. A Missouri university threatened to withhold a Christian student's degree for refusing to support homosexual adoption in a letter to the state legislature. In New Jersey, a second-grade student was barred from singing a song with religious content in an after-school talent show, and a similar incident occurred in Florida where a girl was forbidden to sing a song mentioning the Lord. Further instances include a New York hospital threatening a pro-life nurse with termination for refusing to participate in a late-term abortion, despite prior agreements respecting her convictions. Florida withheld grant money from students at Florida Christian College for not meeting secularity standards, though a lawsuit reversed this policy. The Centers for Disease Control fired a Christian counselor for refusing to lie about referring clients with same-sex relationship issues to other counselors. A third-grader in Texas was prohibited from including a religious message in goodie bags at a school party, and a Cisco employee was fired for his personal belief in traditional marriage, expressed outside of work. These cases, among nearly 1,200 documented by Liberty Institute, reveal a widespread trend of limiting religious freedoms across federal, state, and local governments, schools, universities, institutions, corporations, and community groups. While some court rulings have recognized violations of the First Amendment, many of these restrictions have become legal precedent. The cultural shift in America prioritizes other freedoms over religious liberty, often targeting Christians as obstacles to progress, employing legal maneuvers to marginalize their voice in society.

The American Constitution ensures freedom of religion in the United States through its First Amendment, which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. We need not fear the coming days when our religious freedom will be stolen, though they will be dreadful and dark, and some will lose their lives. If we commit ourselves to living righteously, we have the assurance of our faithful Creator that we will receive salvation and great reward in His Kingdom.