The phrase is used as a way to explain the First Amendment to the Constitution which states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibits free exercise" ; or restrict freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. (3) The First Amendment could not be more important today. Nowadays, our nation lives in the age of social media, where everyone has something to say. Just recently, in 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to ban gay marriage in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges of Ohio. (4) The Supreme Court ruling granting same-sex couples the right to marry is another example of church-church separation.