First Amendment
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Influential religious group tells followers only Christians have First Amendment rights
Thursday, May 3, 2018"Any practitioners of any other religion other than Christianity" don't have the free practice of religion or freedom of speech, they're telling followers. -
Christian legal hate group says conversion therapy bans are unconstitutional
Thursday, March 22, 2018The organization is defending the abusive practice, and they might sue California for banning it. -
Car dealership invokes First Amendment to justify firing a transgender man
Tuesday, October 31, 2017Attorneys for the dealership argue that firing Ruskin makes a public statement and, therefore, the business is within its legal rights to do so. -
Court rules against Christian videographers who wanted to discriminate
Saturday, September 23, 2017The judge said their anti-gay policy was "akin to a ‘White Applicants Only’ sign." -
The wall separating government & religion is a tattered ruin at this point
Tuesday, September 5, 2017While the courts have attempted to reinforce this partition, our presidents have continually attempted to tear it down. -
Should LGBT people try to restrict the speech of neo-Nazis & other deplorables?
Thursday, August 31, 2017As Audre Lord said, “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” -
The DC Metro banned a Milo Yiannopoulos ad. Now the ACLU is suing.
Thursday, August 10, 2017The ACLU says that the subway system's policy of rejecting controversial ads violates the First Amendment. -
Why business leaders make bad political leaders
Sunday, May 14, 2017The good news in this National Traumatic Stress Disorder is that our democratic experiment will survive and might even gain momentum. -
Berkeley chancellor defends Milo Yiannopoulos event citing First Amendment
Wednesday, February 1, 2017His 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? -
Jeff Sessions tried to block an LGBTQ campus conference as Alabama AG
Friday, December 2, 2016Sen. Jeff Sessions claimed that allowing the University of Alabama to host an LGBTQ conference would cause "irreparable harm."
