The city of Carpinteria is making it almost impossible to smoke anywhere in the city. Passing anti-smoking laws in almost all outdoor locations. Most of the community colleges in both Ventura and Carpinteria city have already banned smoking on the campuses. City managers say it is to promote a healthy life style. in Ventura city they offer free Nicotine Replacement therapy products.

This article argues that having to drug test all jobless Americans would be too costly. It would not be the best way to deter drug use. Another effective way to put that money to good use would be to offer counseling services instead.

This article is about the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, that would outlaw sex-selection abortion. This Act is said to make it more difficult for women to get an abortion. The article states that it is a growing concern in the U.S. especially in the ethnic communities that favor one sex over the other.

Mayor Bloomberg, of New York City, wants to ban the sell of large sodas and other sugary drinks. The article talks about how if the government can stop the sell of sodas, then what's next, limiting food portions, and meals sold in grocery stores. Thaler an author on these issues, stated that a better way to handle these situations is to nudge people in another direction, like offering kids fruits and veggies in the cafeterias.

The article in the New York Times is about the censorship and the power the government has over what the people can type and say over any device. People can't even search the english word freedom in China on google. Since the events in Northern Africa and the Middle East it has tightened its filters and bans even more.

This site goes into full detail on religious rite and civil rights, what is the point of gay's getting married, and many other arguments. In a religious stand point if gay marriage is legalized it will look to many as a defeat for their religion. In another point for the people who say marriage is between a man and women, and how we need to define who is a man and who is a woman. 

This article is about the appeal to the Supreme Court, of the Proposition 8 that was passed in California in November 2008. Two same sex couples sued, saying that the proposition went against their constitutional rights. Two judges ruled that it did go against the U.S. constitution.

I have never really known the true definition of religious freedom until I looked at this sight. It defines it in what I believe layman's terms. Most people these days have religious tolerance, meaning people don't care what religion a person is as long as they don't bring it out into the public.

This article shows the difference between gun control and gun rights. We have the right to bare arms but some believe that does not mean we have the right to bare military grade weapons. At the end of the page it shows the prior congressional vote. The house did reject gun control but split it into two seperate issues one pertaining more towards juvenile crime.

This website shows the laws and facts about the states that limit, allow, and manage certain things with same sex marriage. It also has a map of the U.S. with a key showing what the different states marriage acts and same sex marriage laws are. It then gives a history and overview of same sex marriage, talking about what states still have laws against gay marriage, and how involved legislatures are in this argument.