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This article states why the first amendment is as important as it is. Why the freedom of religion should be free, as well as every part of the first amendment. These are rights are taken away daily from all Americans.

written 3/12/12; TSA attempts to silence bloggers that speak out against the TSA and ignoring their first amendment rights.

The article outlines the rights afforded under the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The article discusses freedom of speech under the amendment, as well as freedom of religion

ACLU'S trying to defend the first amendment and allow people to have more control of their personal information. The country has always struggled with freedom of expression, especially if it opposes government beliefs.

This guy suggests the solution to the problem of illegal immigration is not complex. He thinks it can be accomplished by three easy steps. First build a double layer security fence, use e-verify, establish a fund to help with the transportation costs of returning them home.

This guy suggests the solution to the problem of illegal immigration is not complex. He thinks it can be accomplished by three easy steps. First build a double layer security fence, use e-verify, establish a fund to help with the transportation costs of returning them home.

This article talks about the rights that come with the first amendment. It explains our freedom of speech, to assemble, to petition, and the freedom of press.

Very good factual information that can be used for privay research. This site explains to a T exactly what the first amendment is supposed to do for us. Crazy how the government is doing exactly the opposite in a lot of ways.

The right to freedom of religion is so central to American democracy that it was enshrined in the First Amendment to the Constitution along with other fundamental rights such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. In order to guarantee an atmosphere of absolute religious liberty, this country's founders also mandated the strict separation of church and state.

The First Amendment contains two clauses about the Freedom of Religion. The Free Exercise Clause prohibits the government from interfering with a person's practice of his or her religion.

This is a website that talks about our first amendment rights in relationship to freedom of religion.

Dignity 2012 cleared the biggest hurdle in the process at the end of 2011, gathering 84,713 signatures, of which 79,626 were qualified and certified. All initiatives in the Commonwealth originate in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for their journey through the State House. The initiative was introduced as H.3884 and assigned to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. Over the next few months, legislators will discuss the initiative and consider one of the following steps: The General Court can pass the initiative as it's written. (This rarely happens.) The Judiciary Committee can make a formal recommendation of Support, Do Not Support, or Neutral. The Legislature can put its own version of the initiative on the ballot. (Again, this is rare.) If the legislature doesn't pass the initiative as it's written, the next step for Dignity 2012 will be another phase of signature gathering in the beginning of May. This next signature gathering phase would be smaller than the one which took place in the fall; the campaign would need to collect 11,485 qualified voter signatures between the beginning of May and July 3rd to be considered for the November ballot. Voters who signed the petition during the first signature gathering phase cannot sign the second petition.

Only one state, Oregon, has legalized assisted suicide. The Oregon statute, which went into effect in October 1997, provides that a doctor may prescribe, but not administer, a lethal dose of medication to a patient who has less than six months to live. Two doctors must agree that the patient is mentally competent and that the decision was voluntary. As of April 1999, 23 patients were given drugs under the statute, and 15 of them used the drugs to commit suicide. A report released by the Oregon state Health Division reviewing the first year of the law's implementation found that the law was working well and had not been subject to abuse.

first sight of the verdict of Obama Care fresh out of the Supreme Court

This talks about the first amendment, freedom of speech. It tells about how the government intervenes and disrupts this freedom.

Freedom of speech, of the press, of association, of assembly and petition -- this set of guarantees, protected by the First Amendment, comprises what we refer to as freedom of expression. The Supreme Court has written that this freedom is "the matrix, the indispensable condition of nearly every other form of freedom."

This is a great little article showing how important freedom of speech is. It shows how without have our freedom of speech people couldn't fight for all their other freedoms. 

This article is just simple stating the First Amendment of the Constitution. I posted it because alot of people now are unhappy with the way that the economy is going, but also do not excersize alot of there rights. They are not a contributing factor to making this country better.

The FDNY has hired their first transgender firefighter. Under fire for being known as discriminating towards minorities, the FDNY has responded by actively trying to diversify their workforce.

Many people get confused on what freedom of speech actually means. This website gives specific details on what exactly freedom of speech does mean and whats acceptable, like burning the american flag. At the same time it outlines what would not be seen as freedom of speech, such as something that would harm another person.

The Article explains what is included in the right to freedom of speech and what the freedom of speech does not include. It also has other links regarding free speech under the first amendment.

Our first amendment is freedom of speech. Speech also includes written word. The supreme courted ruled that protests at military funerals, is freedom of speech..

U.S Supreme Court ruled that protest at military funerals was okay, because of the first amendment. Chief Justice John Roberts said that protestors could not be held accountable for the damages sought by the family of a fallen Marine. Speech is powerful. People have rights, but often they take it too far.

The random telephone survey of 1,000 American adults was conducted Jan. 20-22, 2006 by Synovate, an independent market research firm. The five First Amendment freedoms, and the percentage of those surveyed who were able to name them: One in five respondents said the First Amendment granted them the right to own and raise pets, as well as the right to drive.

Freedom of religion, as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, involves two important components. The first is a prohibition on the "establishment of religion" by government - the separation of Church and State; and the second, ensures that the government allows for the practice of religion (Perry, 10).

My conception of ethically permissible behavior is based on the view that any decision is ethically permitted if it is voluntary and does not cause gratuitous harm to others. This is congruent with the early ethical stricture in medicine, Primum non nocere, "First, do no harm." However, our perception of harm must be qualified. A living being can be harmed without being harmed in a moral sense. I harm a mosquito when I swat it, but I do not harm it in a moral sense unless I assign a moral absolute value to the mosquito's well-being. To be harmed in a moral sense is to be wronged. Thus, my concern is with behavior that does or does not wrong another.