I hate to be the bearer of band news but pretty much nope.
Free speech? Nope, not in the history of this country, everybody has always wanted their speech to be protected and speech they didn't like to be banned.
It just flips back and forth based on who is in power and who controls the propaganda mouth pieces.
Individual Rights? Nope, exactly the same since the beginning of the country, everybody want their rights but demands the government put the boots hard to anyone not agreeing with them or doing what they think is wrong. Same today, same at the start same even here on SH.
God... Well let's just say since the beginning of the country, folks were killing each other and persecuting each other over not just God / no God or Which God, but also doing violent persecutions and wholesale murders of those not worshiping God in the exact same way or with the exact same leaders.