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10.What is freedom of religion?
10.什么是宗教自由？
Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
答案：你既可以信教，也可以不信教。
Explanation: Many of the earliest Americans followed a religion that was different from the one practiced (or believed in) by the people in government.
解釋：很多最早的美國人信的教與當權者信的教不相同。
These early Americans fled (or ran away from) their original countries because they were treated unfairly because of their religious beliefs.
這些最早的美國人逃離了他們的原住國，是因為他們因為自己的宗教信仰而受到不公平的對待。
When it was time for them to write their own governing document (or laws to create a country) they felt that freedom of religion was very important.
所以他們撰寫創立國家法律的時候，覺得宗教自由非常重要。
Freedom of religion is also sometimes called separation of church and state.
宗教自由有時也稱為“政教分離”。
Separation of church and state means that religion (also called the "church") and government (also called the "state") are separate and independent and should not work too closely together.
“政教分離”是指宗教和政府之間相互獨立，它們之間的聯系不能太緊密。
For example, it is unconstitutional (or against the law) for Congress to make a law that says Americans have to attend (or go to) a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or any other place where people meet for religious purposes.
例如，國會頒布法律規定：“美國人必須要去教堂，猶太教堂，清真寺，寺廟或人們因宗教目的而聚集的其它地方”，這就違反了憲法規定。
The government also cannot endorse one religious group over another, meaning that the government cannot tell Americans which religion it thinks is the best.
政府也不能支持一個宗教團體而不支持另外一個宗教團體，意思是政府不能對美國人說他們認為哪個宗教最優越。
Either of these things would violate (or go against) Americans' freedom of religion.
做了以上任何一件事都會侵犯美國人的宗教自由。
