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The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a fifth graders right to distribute invitations to her church's Christmas party. The school had banned the student from distributing the invitations citing the invitations contained religious materials. The court's decision was based on the First Amendment's right to free speech.

I agree that student's should be able to learn of and encourage the religious beliefs of their classmates. How do we expect to raise well rounded individuals if we raise them to treat religion with such a hush hush attitude?

Being in a public school system, no religion should be enforced at all. These were Christmas invitations, inviting the students to a church event imposing the Christian belief system. This could have been done outside of school or elsewhere. This situation would only be okay if it was conducted in a private religious school, where public money does not fund the institution.

This article talks about Oregon's Death with Dignity Act passed in 1997. It reviews your personal freedom to die at a time & place of your choice if your facing a terminal illness.

This is surprising to see in the way that it has been kept underground and has had successful results. Although it is not surprising that many terminally ill patients would opt for this.

This article is a tough one. I agree with everything everyone is saying, but initially it is about the person who is suffering. If one of my family members were suffering with an illness that unfortunately ended with an early death and they were in horrible pain, I would rather tem be at peace and end their suffering if it is what they wanted.

I thought that this was a great article to post because it explains just how important personal freedom is to my tribe. Personal freedom is something that means so much to everyone as an individual, but when it is taken away, it becomes something that you strive for and cherish. When I read this article it made me realize just how thankful I should be to have my freedom and knowing how hard it was for my ancestors to fight for,when we had different people fighting for our land.

This article explains the amount of food that is wasted each year in the US. If Americans could reduce some of what they waste, it could help feed millions of families throughout the country.

This Website advocates food recovery, they go over food waste facts. They also have a sign up pledge for individuals that pledge to save food.

Describes how certain human behavior is/can be based on genes but how a large part is based on culture. Also discusses how humans engage in 'group behavior' and how wanting to maintain membership in a group affects each individuals actions while in the group and how behaviors can change outside the group.

as part of our personal freedoms women should be allowed to have an abortion, or as many as they want.Many American believe abortion freedom is as important as the right to free speech, and the right to vote.

This topic is a difficult one to discuss. I feel as if birth and pregnancy is a miracle and its such a beautiful thing. Women able to be pregnant should be proud and feel blessed as some women aren't as grateful. I feel as if their is no excuse to take an infants life for the mothers fault. The only time i feel that there should be a debate about it is if the woman was raped.

The right for a women to get an abortion or even several abortions is ultimately one of her personal freedoms. There are many different scenarios that happen that lead to an abortion and who are we to questions anyone about to get one? Its a woman's private decision and freedom and should be left that way.

This article explains how the balancing of personal freedoms works into the government and the workplace of citizens today. A big example this article touches on is how online activity can be monitored. What is really private today?

Technology is advancing faster and faster every minute and privacy is something known of the past now in my opinion. One of my teachers told the class that everything you learn about computers during your freshman and sophomore years of college will most likely be outdated by your junior year - just to help realize how fast technology is actually growing. Anything online can affect you now-a-days it seems. On the news the other day, there was a story about Facebook Friends and your credit. People are actually being denied car loans or things of that sort because of the friends they have on Facebook because if their friends seem unreliable and have bad scores, then the company will assume you do too. It's getting ridiculous to be honest.

These days employers monitor and know everything you are doing. Knowing this, I feel like if you are acting in a way that is respectable both at work and in your personal life, you will have nothing to worry about. I do not see this issue of lack of privacy changing, I see it increasing as time goes on.

this article is about how myriad genetics has a patent on our DNA. I always thought that my body was my own, including the very thing that makes me the unique individual that I am today.This article is arguing that there should not be a patent put on our DNA because of the cost and the ability to get second opinions on what could be life saving. If we can't even have the personal freedom to say what is ours on our own body, than what is personal freedom anyway? This is a really interesting topic!

Starting in 2014, individuals without health insurance will be fined. Each year the fine will be a set amount or it will be a percentage of your annual income, whichever one is higher. If health care is not purchased by the end of enrollment for the year you will not be able to get health insurance until the next year.

This article talks about our right to keep and bear arms and our right to protect ourselves, our families and property. It goes on to talk about how we have natural rights and it is each individual choice to give up those rights.

If Bill AB2019 is enacted into law, it will become mandatory to vaccinate children even when if the mom or dad says otherwise.

I think agree with destini, if we have talking about personal freedoms in all of these assignment then the individual should get to choose what they want to do. If a parent does it for them, then it was never a choice in the first place.

Young children can not make the decision themselves. That right is the given the parents that conceived them.

Illinois Review speaks its mind about the up coming law in Arizona concerning immigration. The author of this article Mark Aguelira looks back on history and shows how Arizona is being individualized just how many other countries have . From the citizens of Bagdad to the German citizens, they all had to be identified by some kind of badge on their clothes.

This article outlines the suppression of personal freedoms during war. Many examples, both current and historical, are given of loss of individual liberties such as censoring the press, un-lawfully detaining prisoners of war, and overriding privacy laws for intelligence gathering.

ORIGINAL "What the community are concerned about is anti-social behaviour that arises from binge drinking and the abuse of alcohol, and you can't put that down just to people within the ages of 18 and 21. "The responsible use of alcohol is a problem for the whole community, not just one particular age group." Ms Keneally also said a higher drinking age would not necessarily stop 18- to 21-year-olds drinking. "My experience in my university days would suggest that a higher drinking age doesn't necessarily lead to abstinence among 18- and 19-year-olds," she said. PARAPHRASE Ms. Keneally knows from her college experiences that a higher drinking age would not stop younger individuals from drinking.The abuse of alcohol and binge drinking is not just from people in the 18 to 21 year age group, but is a world wide issue ranging through all the age groups. This article is about the premier Kristina Keneally and why she does not mind if the drinking age stays at 18 in Australia.

Some freedoms may come at the expense of others. It is being said now, by ATF and federal law, that anyone who is known to be using or addicted to any drug that is illegal under federal, not state law, cannot purchase a weapon. This includes individuals who are medicinally using marijuana. Laws are still unclear as to what the consequences are for not admitting to using the drug when purchasing a weapon.

Obama on SB1070: "we thought that there was a great danger that naturalized citizens -- individuals with Latino surnames -- potentially could be vulnerable to questioning." this article also says that Sheriff Arpaio resents Obama's suggestion that he (Arpaio) engages in racial profiling. Arpaio says he is an "equal opportunity guy" and he is "Enforcing all the laws."

The University of Kentucky has recently become a smoke free campus. Campus monitors not only patrol the grounds for bad behavior but now looks for smokers. Monitors will ask the individual to put the cigarette out and provide a flyer on quitting.

Wow. That's awesome, although I'm sure that would be hard to monitor. UK is a big campus. Good for them for trying.

Few states have passed the law that terminally ill individuals can choose to end their lives with a lethal medication. Montana ruled that doctors cannot be prosecuted in assisting of one's death but cannot guarantee it's a constitutional right.

Individuals are finding another way to educate their children. As each state has an education law that requires children to but in school. With home education children have the ability to learn and embrace their interests.

In this article, the author talks about the public schooling system as a forced act on our society that actually makes the future of education worse for us. Instead of letting our children think for themselves, learn the trades they wish to learn, and force them to attend for a certain amount of time, we are taking away their personal freedoms of education. Many people are pushed to thinking that a set school rubric will help every child to get the education they need for their future, but according to the views of the author, they don't. The author's view is that society should be looking more into home schooling and trade schooling to help the United States grow to be more productive for the future. Every generation, school is seen more as a prison; molding our future to think as the way the government wants them to think. But if we were to give freedom to complete schooling outside of force, children will regain their excitement for learning and pursue to better our nation on their own free will.

An interesting article on the state of our education system and how the direction we have gone with it seems to be lacking. Lending itself to breaking the ideas that people have about how a child "must" learn, the article offers up that those ideas are not often the case.

Abortion has two very strong sides, pro life and pro choice Pro life individuals believe that the fetus has the right to live , as the mother has a right to live. Pro choice argues that the mother has the decision whether to terminate per pregnancy within the first 3 months.

This article is about the different views that people have on abortions. It gives the pros and cons of the situation. Also mentions that we as humans are responsible for are actions and we know the consequences that are actions can bring. Also how we should take the time to educated people on the the responsibilities that life has and how to care for a child. Its more than what we think but the right of all humans should be taking in concentration,

This site has a list of positions on a very emotional topic, abortion.