Gerry Connolly actually said...

I'm a Roman Catholic. I studied for the priesthood too, Mr. Hice, and my church is protected by this amendment.

I also come from Massachusetts where John Adams enshrined that concept into the first Constitution of Massachusetts.

I'm sure the title of this hearing, Examining a Church's Right to Free Speech, didn't mean to exclude my Hindu colleague next to me or my Je...

Mr. Madison, for example, took on a lot of unpopular religious causes to fight for the religious freedom of Anabaptists.