I live the Amendments, part I in an on-going series (I hope)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the 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.

• Well, on the religion front: I was born to a long line of Jewish atheists. After an abortive attempt at going to a Yiddishkeit summer camp, my parents sent me to a Quaker camp that some of my friends (ha! see what I did there!) went to and I went there for the next 5 summers. I am, therefore, much more Quaker than Jewish, though I always say Jewish is a place you come from. So I'm a Jewish Friend of the Unitarian Universalists and if that's not freedom of religion, I don't know what is.
• As to freedom of speech and the press...hello! I'm a Blogger! I'm living that one quite nicely, thank you.
• The right of the people peaceably to assemble is one of my favorites. LCDC meetings, the Leesburg Obama rally two years ago, the No Nukes marches my parents took me on lo these many years ago....As an aside, did you know that Pete Seeger pled the First Amendment when he was brought before HUAC*? He is the coolest person on the planet, bar none.
• The right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances is a good one too. Again, I remember going on marches with my parents..."No Draft! No War! US out of El Salvador!". Writing to Legislators, signing petitions. All of these are excellent things.

My favorite thing about the First Amendment is that it means that I can go door-to-door to talk to people about what they want from their government and to ask them to vote for someone that I care enough about to actually be out walking and ringing doorbells. The First Amendment allows me to do that. (I always respect "no soliciting" signs though. Even though I'm not selling anything, I think it's rude to knock on a door with a "no soliciting" sign. I will leave literature, along with a nice note.)

My second favorite thing about the First Amendment is that I don't have to worry that someone's going to drag me and my son out of our home in the middle of the night just because we're Jewish. That's a feeling of safety that I truly appreciate.

*"I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs. I think these are very improper questions for any American to be asked, especially under such compulsion as this." (Pete Seeger to the House Unamerican Activities Committee, August 18, 1955. Quoted, along with some other exchanges from that hearing, in [Wilkinson 2006], p. 53 as quoted in Wikipedia).