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The Simpsons vs. The First Amendment

Yahoo News, AP

Wednesday 1 March 2006, 3:06 pm
Keywords: News Articles

By Anna Johnson, Associated Press

Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.)

The study by the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just one in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060301/ap_on_re_us/freedom_poll