Continuing from the preceding post:
One may wonder why the first Amendment was written in this manner. One benefit that just appeared for me here is in answering if "respecting" should be taken to count also passively. One can see the other two verbs used, "prohibit" in "prohibiting" and "abridge" in "abridging". Both of those verbs describe actions from a point of view focusing on their effect on the affected thing . "respect" on the other hand describe the action from a point of view focusing on the affecting thing. If "respecting" was also intended to apply for passively causing such effect it could have been replaced with a word directed toward the effect on the affected party like "honoring".
One may wonder why the first Amendment was written in this manner. One benefit that just appeared for me here is in answering if "respecting" should be taken to count also passively. One can see the other two verbs used, "prohibit" in "prohibiting" and "abridge" in "abridging". Both of those verbs describe actions from a point of view focusing on their effect on the affected thing . "respect" on the other hand describe the action from a point of view focusing on the affecting thing. If "respecting" was also intended to apply for passively causing such effect it could have been replaced with a word directed toward the effect on the affected party like "honoring".
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