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ASHLAND, Ky. - A Kentucky county clerk who has become a symbol of religious opposition to same-sex marriage was jailed Thursday after defying a federal court order to issue licenses to gay couples.

I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but it is your job. Depending on the job you get, some consequences for refusing to do your job can vary. As a government worker she had to face the consequences. However, I think she could have easily just found another job that wouldn't interfere with her views.

Good discussion on this topic so far!

Faced with the prospect of Trump as the party's standard bearer, Republicans from across the ideological spectrum quickly condemned Trump's assertion -- but not before Democrats showed the damage Trump's words could have on the GOP. And in what was a clear acknowledgement of the stakes, Trump did something he has rarely done in this campaign -- back away from his statement within hours.

I don't agree with the comment that Trump made about women or the doctors getting punished for having/ preforming an abortion. I am pro choice and believe it is the woman's decision weather she wants to have an abortion or not and she should not have to be held legally accountable for making her own healthcare decisions and the doctors should not be held legally accountable for providing the requested healthcare.

This is scary because he is saying that the women who get abortions or preform abortions should get punished. Which I don't believe is right at all.

He ended up waiting until at least one person got close and blew himself up, the officer that was close got thrown back. They have stated that they are not sure if other people were helping him so they will keep looking. I personally think that he didn't want to go to jail for what he had done so he did a suicide bombing.

In the article they say that the bomber pre-setup bombs that explode when people get near them. But the article also said that they thought the bomber was targeting races such as hispanic and african american. I don't understand how the bomber could be targeting a specific race when the bombs were set up ahead of time. The article also mentions that there still might be bombs that he planted before he died, so how can he be targeting a specific race?

They did mention that there could be more bombs but i doubt there is. I think if there are other bombs out there then maybe it was more then a one man job.

President Trump on Thursday will unveil a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens of long-standing federal programs that assist the poor, fund scientific research and aid America's allies abroad.

Trump thinks eliminating support to dozens of programs will make american great again, I honestly think he needs to rethink his plan. He'd be putting so many people out of work and then there's the fact we do need some of the programs he want's to get rid of. "with reductions of more than 20 percent at the Agriculture, Labor and State departments and of more than 30 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency." I just don't think this is the way to raise funds.

I don't think Hiliary had the right to go and meet the Russian president like that and then write a book on how much she didn't like Trump. When I don't like someone and they make my skin crawl I can't do anything about it but since she is rich and former White House 1st lady she can?

You actually can do things about it. And yes, she can. She is allowed to say that Trump made her uncomfortable.

I actually think almost the exact opposite. While I think Hilary went a little overboard, she had every right to do so, as stated in the first amendment: "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." And if it wasn't in Hilary's right to write that book and state her personal opinions on this matter, then what gives us the "right" to bring back nazis and treat others as second class citizens, saying it's all opinion and just exercising their free speech? And yes, you could do something about it, and many people are doing something about it. Hilary is just much more likely to get noticed and was noticed by the press because of her status.

"When asked about the idea of running for president of the United States in the future, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson left the door open in an interview published Wednesday."

I think The Rock could possibly be the president in the future, if Donald Trump won then I believe The Rock can too. The presidential race isn't about politics anymore, but about popularity.

"Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown."

As a public figure, like any, Putin should accept the pros and cons of being in his position, this included.

I dont think they should have went that far and banned any images of vladimir because he should know that being at such a high power people are going to be making photos and comments that arent so pleasing.

How do yall feel about this? personally think this is awful and that these cops are sick and disgusting.

I think this is a good example of why not all cops are the hero's we believe they are. Just like police brutality, they think the person deserves it but why in the world would this girl deserve that

that is just messed up

"Jack Phillips is the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo. Oral arguments for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. CO Civil Rightswill be heard Tuesday. "

To clarify, this article published in USToday was an editorial written BY the baker in this case to give his side. Also a good video with both sides explaining their views https://goo.gl/73fXsW Although I didn't find an article written by the couple, here is another NYTimes story which has some of the legal issues explained from their side. https://goo.gl/sAacw4

this is stupid it should not made who is getting married to who if they want a cake they should get one

"One of the most significant police trials in US history begins on Monday and as the former officer who killed George Floyd stands before a judge, a jury and the world, many in Black communities in Minneapolis are braced against the dread of justice not being served."

No matter what people are going to be upset. Protests and riots will take place all over the country. There are so many different opinions and there will be so many clashes of opinions. I'll be interested to keep an eye on the news and what's going on, especially in bigger cities where the protests got kind of wild.

I think that no matter what happens people will be upset and will want to protest and riot. There will be no decision that can please everyone therefore there won't be an end to this any time soon.

While the article is about South Africa, many of it's points ring true for America. Education, when you think about it in the deepest manner, is not really about Education; it's about proving you'd be a good worker, and not much else. But I'm curious to see what others think.

I agree with the article about how schools should focus on building democratic citizens, instead of just good workers. Young people need to know their rights and how they can impact the country, and some places don't do a good job teaching children those things. I've personally learned a lot about my rights in government class, so I think our school is doing a good job.

I believe that the education system in America is mainly about passing more than it is about learning. I feel like I'm working a job and the assignments that I finish are just to get the job done. However, I believe that when students actual learn, understand, and are amazed by different topics, that is the true point of education. In all, while this article was about South Africa, it shows how we shouldn't be focusing on being a good worker but how we should be focusing on becoming better citizens.

Regardless of where you end up on this issue, it is good to see young people taking part in government for our own community.

I also think its good that students are trying to make good points on why they shouldnt own the MAC. There taking a part in this and trying to stop it. But will it help? We will see later on....

If he has enough gumption to tell Emily that he is disappointed in her for collecting signatures from uninformed student then he should have enough knowledge to know that we won't know whats going on if we aren't educated on this topic and that it is the generations above us job to educate us and pass on what they have learned to the younger generation. So if he is disappointed in Emily then he should also be disappointed in himself for not doing his job.

Thoughts on this?

As someone who identifies as a leftist and a progressive, I think that Biden has done a very good job but there will always be more that I think that he should do. Compromise with the Republicans in Congress isn't an option right now.

Biden has done a pretty good job so far but there are obviously further steps he needs to take but it's early on and he's at least going down the right path as of now.

I'm excited for everyone who is soon to pursue their dreams because of this order.

I think restoring DACA is a open way for more opportunities and a way for people to find themselves

I think restoring DACA is and will be a great way for people to fulfill their dreams and allow them a better future.

I appreciate that the scientist is trying desperately to get a new vac. but even if it's not 100% it really all depends. Some people might refuse to even get the vac. and those people might get contagious and spread it. And if the vac. isn't 100% effective then I won't even matter if you go it or not. In this pandemic everything has been flipped upside down, we all need 100% accuracy to get rid of this thing.

Good discussion so far! I will be getting the vaccine as soon as I can for 2 reasons. One is that compared to the usual 50% effectiveness rate of yearly flu vaccines, 95% effectiveness of preventing COVID is REALLY good. Secondly, in order to get back to "normal" our population needs to hit 75-80% of people taking it for the "herd immunity" to kick in. Although the development of the vaccines was faster than usual, our best experts are endorsing them.

it's very great that we are coming out with a vaccine. I still don't believe that they were able to come out with this so quickly considering that they still haven't perfected the flu vaccine. not saying that it would be 100% perfect, but it's taken them 100's of years to do so

Thankful Biden is aware of the danger we put our environment in and I think it's a smart way to spend government money and use his power.

I'm happy that Biden is going to be looking more into climate change and implementing more things to help keep our planet healthy.

I'm also happy Biden is going to focus on the environment more. I just hope he can stay alive long enough to do so.

One of my parent's co-worker's brother is an anesthesiologist and he was scheduled for hip surgery, but there was also something else wrong with the man's hip that was deadly like a disease or something like that. The man also had covid 19. The man, unfortunately, passed away because of his hip, but because he had coivd19 it was said he died of covid when he did not. I think that it is important for the public to know this because not all these people are getting covid 19 are not always dying from it.

People are not going out in masks as often and not taking the safety precautions that they were when this all first hit so I think that is why the cases are rising.

A lot of people aren't taking this seriously and are going into public places without masks on, or they're wearing the mask incorrectly, not sanitizing the correct ways, and simply aren't being safe.

Has there been any real results from installing the traffic cameras? I know that the ones by my house don't always work so it just seems like a waste of resources there. They have probably helped reduce the amount of people that step on it when the light turns yellow but does that really solve any problems? or just teach us to rive faster in order to avoid the red lights?

I think they should get rid of them, people are more scared to get a ticket than to slam on their breaks surprising the car behind them, causing a fender bender accident.

I agree with the ban. Sure, people run less red lights, but they have caused stoplights to be more of a danger. People start speeding more to make the light to not get a ticket or brake really hard and cause accidents.

This is crazy, I doubt the president will ever be poisoned, but still, someone tried to poison him. Idk I just find that hard to believe.

I think that this is kind of crazy. I don think anyone would really be able to poison him because of all the protection and things around him. But I still think it's crazy that someone tried to do it.

I think that Macy's should drop Trump because he obviously doesn't make the company look good. Because he always has his outbursts about his opinions that aren't always necessarily nice ones. They're his opinions and people might think it's also Macy's opinions but that's not the case.

donald trump is a rich rich rich rich rich man so he should stay with macys to keeep them in buisness

How do you know he didn't become so wealthy by stealing from the company?