# Politician saying 1st Amendment religious freedom does not include atheism **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-saying-1st-amendment-religious-freedom-does-not-include-atheism/966966 **Category:** Factual Questions **Created:** [June 27, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-saying-1st-amendment-religious-freedom-does-not-include-atheism/966966 "2022-06-27T14:21:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
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Following up on the Rick Perry idea, he said this in the context of signing a Texas law known as the “**[Merry Christmas Bill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Christmas_bill)**” which allowed religious holiday greetings to be used in schools, as well as multi-faith religious displays, as long as it doesn’t actively encourage adherence to a particular religious belief. His quote was, “Freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion,” which has also been said countless times by other politicians. But this one got a lot of exposure and was in the time frame you’re looking for. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-saying-1st-amendment-religious-freedom-does-not-include-atheism/966966)._