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TITLE: Freedom of Speech, It’s Not Out of Reach | Previous Challenge Entry
By Laurie Kiel
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Not the Bill of Needs
Not the Bill of Greeds
It goes along with our declaration of inalienable rights
endowed by our creator
The Bill of Rights
Came from the teachings of God
Any contrary teaching
Is surely a fraud
Amendment one is often attacked
Because it is absolutely packed
With truth
Freedom of religion
Freedom of the press
Freedom from duress
Freedom of assembly
Freedom to meet
Whether in a church
Or on the street
Is that freedom okay?
According to some
It depends on what you say.
When you meet
Freedom of speech
It’s not out of reach
Too much free speech?
They don’t like when we preach
Against what they say
They don’t like it when we pray
Against their plots
Against their schemes
They don’t like when we proclaim
The breadth of God’s dreams
Freedom of speech
Is not out of reach
It’s supposed to be here
It’s been here for years (We’ve had it year after year)?
Our country was founded on freedom of speech
It’s not out of reach
We can disagree
It’s part of being free
But we do so in love
holding fast to what Jesus taught
Otherwise the world is fraught
With danger and strife
A miserable life
I may not agree with what you say
But I’ll support your right to say it
Can we listen to each other?
Can we treat each other as a sister or a brother?
Intolerance is a dragon attacking our rights
Together we can slay it
You may not like what I say
You may not like what I pray
There is the Judge who rules my heart
There is the Judge that guides my words
He is the one I seek to please
He is the one I seek to obey
Every time I speak
Every time I pray
Freedom of speech
It’s not out of reach.
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