Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: First Amendment applies to all of us

Demonstrators protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump.
Demonstrators protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump. AP

To those who are concerned about marches and news stories that make them uncomfortable, please allow me to offer the First Amendment to the Constitution: “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.”

Harriet Showman

Columbia

This story was originally published January 18, 2017 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Letters: First Amendment applies to all of us."

Get one year of unlimited digital access for $159.99
#ReadLocal

Only 44¢ per day

SUBSCRIBE NOW