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Give churches a choice: Give up tax exempt status or give up lobbying
For far too long many religious groups, most recently and most visibly the Catholic Church, have tried to have it both ways. They avail themselves of the constitutional separation of church and state to avoid paying taxes on their secular investments, and...
Tags: Catholic Church, abortion, First Amendment, constitution, Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, Separation of church and state, Religion and politics
Gay Marriage in the discrimiNation
I hate to break it to you all, but the law actually brought more to marriage than God did: one-thousand, one-hundred-thirty-eight benefits. Strangely, the law didn’t bring the same benefits to alternative forms of partnership such...
Tags: gay marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, partner, civil, marriage, cohabitation, love, family, straight, taxes, benefits, religion, first amendment, amendment, 1st amendment, atheist, agnostic, christian, medical, health insurance, devotion, immigration, child custody, children, adoption
Obama's Aim to End Free Speech in America?
Shut Up, America! The End of Free Speech shines the light on a dark mission of the Obama administration-shutting down conservative voices on the radio and at the same time eviscerating the First Amendment. Will he succeed? Author Brad O'Leary writes...
Tags: censorship, free speech, First Amendment, Fairness Doctrine, Obama localism
Blagojevich to Appear on New Celebrity Apprentice
This guy will not go away. Former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, who was indicted for attempting to sell a vacant Illinois Senate seat, will be on the new Celebrity Apprentice which will begin to air in March 2010. Taping of the show...
Tags: Celebrity Apprentice, Rod Blagojevich, governor, judge, first amendment
The Police Are Rioting: A Report from the G-20 Streets, Pittsburgh 2009
by David Rovics, professional musician & G-20 protester. There is a popular assumption that, although other countries such as Iran or China don't have freedom of speech and of assembly, we do. And that it's what makes us so great. Anybody...
Tags: Cindy Sheehan, David Rovics, G-20, protest, Bill of Rights, Joshua White, Sarah Wellington, Civil Rights movement, Shays' Rebellion, Pittsburgh, Kevin Rudd, police, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly, ACLU, BBC, NPR, CNN, martial law, Secret Service, FBI, LRAD, Holiday Inn, rubber bullets, tear gas
Changing Journalism for the Better?
News reporting used to be simple--- report the facts, tell the story. Now, it’s become a tremendous job for reporters to do their jobs without harsh criticism from readers and censors alike. Nowadays, readers will find something...
Tags: journalism, shield law, first amendment, trust, iraq war, terrorism, danish, mohammed, culture, evil
Laws and Cases Affecting Social Networking
Social Networking sites like Facebook and MySpace provide a social environment from the comfort of your own home. A person can stay in touch with friends overseas...
Dole Doesn't Go Bananas Over Fredrik Gertten's BANANAS!*
In what has become one of the most controversial films to hit the big screen, even without a distribution deal, is Fredrik Gertten’s BANANAS!* Originally slated as a competitor in the Documentary Category of the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival...
Tags: Fredrik Gertten, Bananas, Sweden, Dole, Nicaragua, trial, lawsuit, plaintiff, defendant, attorney, food, global, First Amendment, Constitution, Judge Chaney, Juan Dominguez, Duane Miller, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, produce, court, rick mcknight, dow, DBCP, toxicity, death, kidney, sterilization, Johnnie Cochran, documentary, movie, film, review
OCTOGENARIAN TAKES COURAGEOUS STANCE: FOUNDER OF FROMMER’S GUIDEBOOKS SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GUN-TOTING “EXTREMIST THUGS”, Implies Boycott of Entire State as Tourism Destination Next Move.
OCTOGENARIAN TAKES COURAGEOUS STANCE: FOUNDER OF FROMMER’S GUIDEBOOKS SPEAKS OUT AGAINST GUN-TOTING “EXTREMIST THUGS”, Implies Boycott of Entire State as Tourism Destination Next Move. Arthur Frommer, travel writer,...
Tags: Arthur Frommer, Barack Obama, Arizona, Grand Canyon, Phoenix Convention Center, Mayor Phil Gordon, Steve Moore, Secret Service, First Amendment
Friends, Informers, Lend Me Your Ears....
Here's an excerpt from the letter Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas sent to the President. I write to express my concern about a new White House program to monitor American citizens' speech opposing your health care policies, and to seek your assurances...
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