You cannot have a society thats free without the freedom of speech & the freedom of the press, you just cannot. When you take the expression of speech wether written or spoken the ability for someone to articulate their point of view away then you are stealing the basic foundational freedoms of a nation away. The freedoms we have enjoyed in this country that some other countries do not have is based on the freedom to speak up and out. Without that right the oppression of the people will surely follow. The Founding Fathers got that right called "The Bill of Rights."But even though being based on that principle has it always been followed justly, NO! Depending on the people in office the Government of that time and the people of that time not everyone has enjoyed all the justices endowed by it. "We the People" is just that "We The People" and covers just that, "We The People." Some people want to read "We The People" as pertaining to only certain people because women and others where excluded in many ways in the past. But that was not the fault of what was written it was the fault of how it was implemented at that time as the Document is Beautifully Written.
This Document belongs to the people and can be read here.
http://constitutionus.com/
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
That 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...
Amendment I
The freedoms we have enjoyed in this country that some other countries do not have is based on the freedom to speak up and out. Without that right the oppression of the people will surely follow. The Founding Fathers got that right called "The Bill of Rights."What our Founding Fathers did for the people of this nation is not old-fashioned or outdated. They knew tyranny they fought it they were well educated in it foresaw it and we should Thank them for their foresight. Many of the freedoms we have enjoyed in this nation is based on that principle. The freedom of speech is the freedom to educate as well and challenging evolution theory should be a part of that freedom too. Wether in the school or out.