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celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 20 Sep 22

We are slowly losing our democracy. So scary. The time to save democracy is before it is lost. Anti-Semitic attacks are happening more than ever before. I still remember when America was called a melting pot. Different cultures...

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Money is speech??

Stanley W. Shura @stanws (126) • Stoughton, Massachusetts 18 Oct 18

Please vote YES on 2! "Money is speech! And corporations are people, my friends!" Arum...what? This was uttered some years and presidents ago by wanna-be White House occupant Willard Mitt Romney. And this is being bandied...

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"I Commend Your Honesty in Admitting You're a Troll"

josefina @josie_ (10033) • Philippines 24 May 18

The title of this discussion is the comment I made to a post by a "newbie" or is it JJ's old nemesis? (Judging by the comment of JJ on the post, "The Cockroach" is getting on JJ's nerves.) The discussion dealt with...

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Will Selling Bibles Eventually Be Banned in California

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 12 May 18

We all know that California's politics are extremely liberal, but the bill that Governor Brown will probably sign, AB 2943, has implications that could also make it illegal to sell Bibles in California. The bill would also make...

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So Much For the First Amendment...(Time for the 25th?)

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 4 Jan 18

If you've watched or listened to any news at all since yesterday you may have heard of the book ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’ by Michael Wolff. The book paints a very...interesting...picture of Donald Trump and his...

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PC University

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 18 Dec 15

Back in the 60s, American college campuses were rife with student protests, sit-ins, and political unrest. Whether or not you agreed with all the protests and all of their objectives, you have to admit that they had some substance...

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Since when did your exercising first amendment right become terrorism?

thegreatdebater @thegreatdebater (7316) • United States 26 Mar 12

A business owner in New York who advertises on a local talk radio station during Rush Limbaugh's "entertainment" broadcast has a big problem with the first amendment of the constitution. Recently Mark Stevens decided to publicly...

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Violating the First Amendment--AGAIN!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 10 Mar 12

On Thursday, March 8, President Obama signed into law HR 347 that passed 388-3, an overwhelming majority. The bill states that you cannot disrupt any gathering where the Secret Service is present. If you protest during a speech or...

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The First Amendment only protects Christians?

dark_joev @dark_joev (3034) • United States 20 Jul 11

As I know many of you don't believe this because well how can you get that from an amendment that clear as day says the following bolded for those that might of missed it. "Congress [b][i][u]shall make no law respecting an...

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Freedom on social sites such as here... facebook, etc...

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 13 Dec 10

Should we all be free to say what we like without fear of repercussions from nosy and snooping others? I see so many people who almost walk on eggshells and censor themselves instead of REALLY saying what they want to say. Why...

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Oklahoma voter say no to Sharia Law

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 10 Nov 10

A Judge has ruled among other things that the proposition has the state giving preference to one religion over another (Establishment of Religion). In a discussion with a friend he said that the First Amendment prevents the...

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It's Finally Come to This ... The American Flag is Incendiary

teamrose @teamrose (1492) • United States 11 May 10

http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/265404-five-morgan-hill-students-sent-home-for-wearing-american-flag-t-shirts Five Morgan Hill students sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts 2:11 PM By Lindsay Bryant Five male...

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Questioning the implementation of Separation of Church and State

Latrivia @Latrivia (2878) • United States 8 Jul 09

I've been toying with this idea for a while, and I think I've come to a conclusion that we're overdoing the whole "separation of church and state" thing, especially in public schools. I've been a long time believer that no such...

separation of church and state

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Constitution 101...installment #1. "seperation of church and state

xfahctor @xfahctor (14113) • Lancaster, New Hampshire 19 May 09

I decided to start this because of a few discussions that quoted the "seperation of church and state". There seems to be some confusion in this and I thought it should be cleared up. The term "seperation of church and state"...

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What is the second amendment for?

lilnono @lilnono (228) • United States 4 Mar 09

Many people say the second amendment is all about hunting and self defense from common criminals. When I was a kid in school it seemed to me that the bill of rights was all about keeping the government from getting too powerful. I...

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Public Prayer

CarlKnittel @CarlKnittel (692) • United States 4 Dec 08

Here is a guy with a unique Idea. The first amendment guarantees freedom of expression that allows almost anything to be called art and be protected. It also guarantees the right to free exercise of religion which is routinely...

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Someone teach Sarah Palin what the First Amendment says, please

ClarusVisum @ClarusVisum (2163) • United States 31 Oct 08

"Palin told WMAL-AM that her criticism of Obama's associations, like those with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, should not be considered negative attacks. Rather, for reporters or columnists to suggest that...

free speech

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Should there be a law against burning the American flag?

wertzburg1 @wertzburg1 (200) • United States 11 May 07

Congress is considering making it completely illegal to burn the American flag. Many people do this as an act of protest to make a statement. Is being allowed to do this our right to the first amendment? Or is it disrespectful...

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Advertising and the First Amendment

renmiciano @renmiciano (122) • Philippines 9 May 07

I'm working on the limits of commercial speech as applied to advertising as a topic for my thesis. In the Philippines, we don't have many cases involving advertising, but we do consider U.S. jurisprudence as highly persuasive. Do...

Boy arrested for writing a creative essay...

KissThis @KissThis (3003) • United States 28 Apr 07

Allen Lee was arrested for writing an explict/ violent essay for his creative writing class. He has been charged with disorderly conduct. Here is a portion of the essay he wrote...

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