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An interesting article that describes a case in which an employee was fired for having tattoos after several years of service. The article also states the current employment laws regarding discrimination.

Many students have been unable to hand out any type of religious holiday cards out at school. Now courts have ruled that as long as the religious material is not offending anyone or interferes with others rights then it is allowed. This rule is known as Tinker Standard.

This article expresses the frustration on gun law policy and how it should not be messed with. It states getting rid of on of the amendments might be the start of getting rid of them all.

Of all the issues being debated in today's marketplace of opinion, one issue remains inviolate - the belief that everyone is free from bodily harm. Whether it takes the form of being beaten, murdered, raped or unfairly searched is irrelevant - any attack, no matter how placid, on a person's own body is, by definition, immoral.

In this article, Lorna Jaynes expresses her thoughts on gay marriage and polygomy. She thinks that gay marrige should be allowed and that people who are also in favore of making it legal and for those who arn't should keep an open mind to other relationship views like polygomy. The reality show Sister Wives is used as a example in that they are being sued because Kody Brown is "married" to four woman. Their argument is that they are not causing and physical problems for anyone and they are not harming their children in any way so the government should stay out of their presonal lives.

This article is about gay marriage, polygamy, and contracts. If gay couples who are "married" or in a domestic partnership do not get the same benefits as a regular married couple. The author of this article is pressing for gays to have the same rights as everyone else. Moreover, the latest in polygamy in Utah is felt by many to be too much in to another person's business. It is that the state if Utah is 'persecuting citizens for living their religious values.

Baldwin explains how government is going against the Fourth Amendment. He express his opinion about new laws being created to ask to see peoples papers. According to him private property of citizens include papers such as birth certificate and the government has no right to ask for them without probable cause.

People should be free to follow their own beliefs without interference. this article also discusses the issue of expression of religion and public schools.

An article from the First Amendment Center discussing dress code in schools. A continuing topic of debate and I can see both sides of this one.

The views expressed on this page are those of individual authors and may not reflect the views of the U.S. government. The information contained herein should be used for information purposes only. Illegal immigration continues to be a controversial and divisive topic, not only in the United States, but throughout the world.

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.

The article goes over many of the issues that parents, teachers, and children are having with common core. Parents are noticing children having an increased stressed level which they attribute to common core. In the authors opinion, teachers are required to follow a script, for fear of job loss. Some programs have also been cut from school like PE and Music.

No six year old or any child should be stressed out about school until at least high school. The core is defiantly not a good thing to have for any education.

the fact that schools have to cut programs just to support this "teaching style/ criteria" is insane. Music and gym and various other activities are ways for kids to get out of the cultural norm of academia and express themselves. I cant even imagine what my school would of been like without those things.

The revelations that Obama administration secretly collected phone records and accessed the internet activity of millions of Americans have raised new questions about the public's willingness to sacrifice civil liberties in the interests of national security. Since 9/11, Americans generally have valued protection from terrorism over civil liberties, yet they also have expressed concerns over government overreach and intrusions on their personal privacy.