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Many people are being criticize and discriminated because of their sexual orientation. There are many concerns and human rights violations expressed by the United Nations.

President Obama was urged this week to come out for gay marriage in his address to the Human Rights Campaign. Obama didn't exactly say he supported gay marriage, but some things were implied. He cited NY's marriage law as a triumph of democratic change

This article talks about how some vaccination may cause authism. Some feel very strongly that MMR is the main cause authism. Although there has been no proven fact that it does, some believe that they will not give there child the vaccination. Andrew Wakefield is overseeing a facility in Texas to try to understand better what may cause authism. He was the first physician who reported that some vaccinations may cause authism. Some Texas representive believe that Wakefield's studies are correct.

In this brief article, a woman was reprimanded by her employer for breast-feeding her 3-month-old son in a Fort Brag mini-mall. Someone who was offended by the woman breast-feeding filed an anonymous complaint and a few days later the woman was told by her manager that the Army and Air Force Exchange Services, which manages military malls, has banned breast feeding. Although the employee did not want to make anyone uncomfortable or cause any further issue after her reprimand both North Carolina and federal law, allow women to breast-feed in public, even if their breast is exposed.

This was an issue 11 years ago when I was a breastfeeding mom. I had no choice but to take my 8 week old baby with me to a mandatory work meeting. I had a "cover" that is made to drape over me like a pancho. You could see nothing. Not even the baby's feet! I was asked to leave the meeting. That also came with repercussions, obviously out of my control. The mind blowing part of this entire story is my boss was a mother that had nursed her baby when he was little. Wouldn't you think she would understand more than anyone? This article is interesting to me due to the fact that there are laws in place to keep mothers from breastfeeding their children. That is outrageous! You should not feel pressured to bottle feed your child. It is a personal choice. I as a parent, had weighed out the pros and cons of both. And I made the decision to give my daughter a healthy head start. Why should we as human beings, be punished for taking proper care of our children. In my opinion, people need to find something else to complain about. And they will!

The day after the House approved the healthcare bill, a reporter asked White House spokesman Robert Gibbs about the lawsuits some states were threatening against the legislation on the grounds that the provision forcing all Americans to buy health insurance was unconstitutional.

The prison system and its flaws is one that is much overlooked in today's society as far as problems that could be fixed. This article explains the flaws and the fixations that should happen I considered this a personal freedom because even thought hey are prisoners , they have the right to still be treated as human beings.

Curtailing antibiotic use in agriculture It is time for action: this use contributes to bacterial resistance in humans. Antibiotics are arguably the single most important and widely used medical intervention of our era.

This is more of an international issue. Journalists, bloggers, lawyers, and human rights activists of Azerbaijan are being tortured, stalked, and imprisoned on fabricated charges because they are speaking out against the Aliev regime.

Buffett said he understands the position of Apple CEO Tim Cook, who does not want to open up the iPhones of everyday Americans to government scrutiny. "I don't know Tim [Cook] real well. Everything I know about his is he's a high-grade an individual as you can imagine," he said.

Apple shouldn't share their info. Once that backdoor is opened it can never be closed

I strongly believe whatever we sign or agree to with keeping our personal life a secret, there is always going to be something there violating our personal rights. We as humans are all different and come from different backgrounds but sine we are not the "law" or we do not know more than the FBI or Apple, they will continue to think it is okay to violate our privacy.