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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.

Naming your child after the "Messiah" should be a parents personal & religious freedom, but a Tennessee judge is forcing a mother to change her son's name to Martin. Religious freedom is for those who choose religion and those who oppose religion. How do we find a fair and equal balance for all.

Very interesting topic. I am religious and find this to be ridiculous. I understand the judge may find it to infringe on a person's religious beliefs, but come on, seriously?! I think a parent should be able to name their kid whatever they want.

A couple should be allowed to name their child whatever they want, the court should have no say in it. A name is not breaking any laws.

Discusses Arizona's and especially Tucson's long history of dark skies as it relates to astronomy as well as old and renewed policies to combat light pollution. Methods are discussed to reduce lighting while encouraging economic growth. Emphasis is placed not only on restoring dark skies outside of city limits, but within city limits as well while not impacting the social benefits of artificial lighting. The cost of wasted energy to light the sky is also discussed.

This article explains what the NDAA legislation is all about. Explaining that the president can in fact detain anyone accused of terrorism or terrorism affiliation with out due process.

The problem with legislature like this is the government will have permission to detain anyone without actual proof. Your cousin Steve could be locked up and there's nothing you can do about it. Not everyone accused of a crime is guilty, and under the NDAA, it won't matter. Guilty or innocent, you can be detained. Not only is this a violation of your Constitutional rights, it's one step close to Fascism.

I agree with Erika. It's a slippery slope. The government can define a terrorist as an extreme Muslin organization today and the Tea Party tomorrow.

Families in Birmingham, Alabama who are illegal and speak spanish are feeling the need to take thier kids out of school to avoid any law breaking. The superintendent realized many students were not showing up to school so had to adress all the spanish speakers by a tv show in spanish. This news report would help the families be aware that the students or the families would not be punished or be sent back to their home country.

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 came out back in 2008 right after california made gay marrige legal. this is a very fragile topic, one that many people try to stay a way from because it can get very heated. This article is al for gay marrige as am I.

This article talks about how California legalized gay marriage finally. It also mentions how tons of people are excited and happy any couple can get married, but others still discriminate against it. I say go for it :)

this web page goes into the california law of allowing gay marriage. It claims that it is a personal freedom that has little reason to be limited.

do the airport security measures invade your privacy? Are the body scanners and pat downs necessary? Will we ever have our freedom to travel back?

Do you know the number of articles in the US Constitution? Can you identify the right outlined in the Fourth Amendment? Any idea which amendment abolished slavery? Most Americans can only guess at the answers. In fact, a paltry 6 percent understand the rights and freedoms found in the First Amendment, reports The National Constitution Center, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia.

The new gun law is explained in this web site. Stating that people do not have to have a permit to conceal a weapon in arizona. It also says what people ages 21 and older have to do in order to carry a concealed weapon.

This article explains Arizona's new gun law proposed by Jan Brewer. In Arizona if you are at least 21 years of age you can now carry a concealed weapon with no permit required. This brings back our second amendment rights that many feared were diminishing. Citizens are obviously excited about the new law as it provides means for protection, but police are a little uneasy.

Tiddle's law. Too many cats can destroy wildlife. They can be sweet and cuddly but a nusence at the same time.

A movie that follows four different babies around the world. From Namibia, Japan, Mongolia to the U.S. It follows the babies for one year of their lives, documenting how the different cultures have an impact on the children and their development.

I think it would be very interesting to see how other babies of different cultures grow. They have different developments and different raising techniques. I would love to learn how the babies of these cultures are raised.

this was really an interesting article. I think it would be great if they came back 17 years later and followed them once more just to see the change and progression.

in the global ranking structure of the world, America on top for health but in 21st places for personal freedom. This is said to be based on the first-year President Obama was in office. We must gain back our global position regarding freedoms.

- Obamacare is still in its early stages and we have yet to see what it will do the job market in the long haul. The White House has pushed back the employer mandate that requires the employers that have 50-99 employees that care working full time to provide heath care coverage to them or have to pay a $2000 penalty. This could cause small businesses that make up a lot of the new jobs to hire less employees as the mandate goes in to play.

This yes or no article sums up why same sex marriage should or should not be legalized. With each yes and no they provide a detailed reason supporting it. When it came down to it, the yes column won with 9 reason why they should be allowed to marry while the no column only had 6 reason.

Same sex marriage also want families just like traditional marriage. Adopt increases in gay couples because they can not have kids the natural way. This way benefits adoption and kids around the world. Although, people say that gay couples don't help childern develop. However, same - sex adoptions have yet to become widespread.

Gay couples should be able to get married due to many reasons. First things first marriage is about love, and if a law is the only thing holding a couple back is wrong. It does not hurt anyone, and everyone should be allowed to be happy.

Discussions about light pollution and how it affects the environment and natural processes. Begins by discussing France's new policy to combat light pollution. Affluence is related to increased light pollution in developing and modernized societies. Methods to maintain lighting demands while combating inefficient uses are discussed. The harms of light pollution are discussed in relation to wildlife.

It is very interesting to think that light affects air pollution. I defiantly would have never thought it was an issue.

I would have never thought this was an actual issue? I am glad i read this article and i am now more informed on this issue. I had no idea light affected pollution.

It explains what people should share. Peiople workout and show off their bodies on instagram, facebook etc is it too much or are they just proud of their body changes

When posting anything on social media you have to accept the fact that everyone and anyone will and can see it. Also, there's no going back! Once it's out there it will most likely always be out there.

Social has become a little too invasive. I enjoy social networking but sometimes it is way more information than I want to know about someone.

After the Paris attacks, the the mostly cooled down topic of privacy vs security has come back with a vengeance, with many of the presidential front runners taking stands. It discusses how encrypted services like Twitter can be used as communication methods between terrorists, and where many important figures in the surveillance game, including former CIA director, stand on it.

I think, Amnesty would be a good solution, even with deportation. They will still come back. There is always a way.

There have been pushes to ban encrypted services online in order to try and prevent terrorists from secretly using such services to communicate. This article discusses three major points that we need to consider when discussing this issue; terrorists aren't using things like PS4's to communicate, despite what the rumors claim. When we apply back-doors to our encrypted services, we weaken them to attack. We need to think about this as Privacy vs security, not security vs security.

Earlier this year, Edward J. Snowden, a government contractor, leaked classified documents to the news media that revealed the existence of top-secret government surveillance programs. We now know that the National Security Agency gathers phone logs and Internet data from millions of Americans as part of its mission to keep the United States safe.