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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.

From the moment that I started attending school, we were taught the pledge of allegiance. I spoke those words everyday in class for 10 years...but now it is being questioned. Is it consistant with the seperation of church and state? Is it favoring a specific religous group? Amongst many other questions, there is one that I believe should be asked, does taking this small phrase out of the pledge violate our right to the freedom of speech? I think that they should allow students to say if they would like to, and others may stay silent or think of something else they would like to say. And I believe that no student should be penalized for saying it.

A kindergarten teacher posts a negative comment about two students in her class after having to break up a fight between the two. Many are outraged at her comments and want her to be fired for posting them online.

The article presents how we are allowed privacy to a certain extent, so as to not dissrupt the general public. It shows that even though our constitution says we have rights to bear arms and freedom of speech, we cannot harm ourselves or others.

At least 700 people were arrested protesting against corporate greed, and social inequalities in New York. Protestors were arrested for disrupting traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. Protesters were asked by police to stay off the roadway and on the sidewalk, some did and the ones that didn't were arrested.

This link is about censorship of the internet but is already written so would be a good place to get some ideas on the subject.

After the overwhelming increase in cyber bullying, states are trying to figure out acceptable punishment. Protesters believe that their freedom of speech should be protected in cyber bullying and that being bullied is apart of life. The schools are trying to educate their students so the fatalities of cyber bullying can be prevented.

Driven by current events, including lawsuits, grassroots movements, political campaigns and even conversations around dinner tables across the nation, we are deluged by hundreds of issues. From a multitude of sources and opinions we are able to come to our own conclusions regarding these issues.

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.

A boy attending Wolcott High School, by the name of Seth Groody. The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut sent a letter to the high school principal which said that Seth had to remove his anti-gay t-shirt.

This article explains what cyberbullying is. Cyberbullying is when a child or preteen is tormented through technological means. Cyberbullying is not a one time thing and usually ends in a death threat or causing serious bodily harm. When school's try to get involved for disciplining they might get sued for violating the student's free speech rights.