First Amendment

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  The wall separating government & religion is a tattered ruin at this point

  Tuesday, September 5, 2017

  While the courts have attempted to reinforce this partition, our presidents have continually attempted to tear it down.

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  Should LGBT people try to restrict the speech of neo-Nazis & other deplorables?

  Thursday, August 31, 2017

  As Audre Lord said, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”

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  The DC Metro banned a Milo Yiannopoulos ad. Now the ACLU is suing.

  Thursday, August 10, 2017

  The ACLU says that the subway system's policy of rejecting controversial ads violates the First Amendment.

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  Why business leaders make bad political leaders

  Sunday, May 14, 2017

  The good news in this National Traumatic Stress Disorder is that our democratic experiment will survive and might even gain momentum.

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  Berkeley chancellor defends Milo Yiannopoulos event citing First Amendment

  Wednesday, February 1, 2017

  His visit to the University of California at Berkeley has raised an issue facing campuses across America: What is the line between free speech and hate speech?

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  Jeff Sessions tried to block an LGBTQ campus conference as Alabama AG

  Friday, December 2, 2016

  Sen. Jeff Sessions claimed that allowing the University of Alabama to host an LGBTQ conference would cause "irreparable harm."

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  These antigay stickers are flooding a Southern California high school

  Monday, February 29, 2016

  Administrators say students have every right to wear them.

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  Let me explain ‘Freedom of Speech’ to all the Phil Robertson, Duck Dynasty supporters

  Sunday, December 22, 2013

  Unless I’ve missed something, Mr. Robertson faces no legal ramifications for what he said. That’s what freedom of speech means. Freedom of speech does not mean we can say anything we want without ramifications for what…

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  To censor or not: ‘Defending the indefensible’

  Monday, October 15, 2012

  Last week, the publication of which I serve as executive editor (the Florida Agenda) printed a paid political advertisement that had been provided by the Broward County, Florida chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans. The half…

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