I’ve seen this symbol on bumper stickers and t-shirts. I don’t know where it comes from or anything, but I think that the fact that you can choose your religion in America represents a big part of being an American.
When I had my discussion with my mom about what it means to be an American, the first thing she said was freedom to worship whatever religion we choose. This was the first thing I thought of, too.
There are a lot of choices that our government makes that I don’t agree with, but one thing that you can say for America is that you can choose to be whatever you want. Even though we still have prejudice against certain ethnicities and religions, at least we are all given equal opportunities. This symbol asks all religions to coexist peacefully together, and while I don’t think that we are quite there yet, we are certainly closer than a lot of countries. Not only do we have freedom to choose our own religion, we have the freedom to do a lot of things, like vote and get an education. There are not these types of opportunities in other countries, especially for women.
It’s a cliché, but I think that the most important value in American society is freedom. We have the opportunity to do whatever we want, within reason. Being an American, it’s hard to imagine being punished for being a woman or worshipping a different god, but in other places it does happen.
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