Youth will lead the way to same sex marriage equality

Same sex marriage bans were overturned in California. Good! It's only a matter of time before the last bands of discrimination are lifted in the U.S. That includes yes, states such as Mississippi and Alabama. This column by Leonard Pitts Jr, from last month, takes...

Ellen fired because of anti gay group and masturbation illegal?

Ellen DeGeneres, a gay talk show host is a spokeswoman for the retailer J.C. Penny. Fine, right? Not if you are a rabidly anti-gay organization. An organization called One Million Moms, which also objected to Chaz Bono dancing on  Dancing with the Stars, is demanding...

GOP candidate does not believe you deserve personal autonomy

Rick Santorum, Republican presidential candidate and clearly closeted anti-gay zealot, has stated in the past:   "This whole idea of personal autonomy, well, I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that...

Why sex workers of Nevada support Ron Paul

Prostitution should be legal and regulated. The reason that it is illegal is because of religion. Religious puritan beliefs, the same beliefs that less than 10 years ago made consensual homosexual sex a crime in many states, lead to bad public policy. In regulated brothels in...

If I were running for President of the USA... Part 1 of 3

I sometimes wonder what planet or alternate reality our major media is allegedly reporting on. I listen to the debates, hear the polls and watch the news and just shake my head. I believe that by the time you, ...

Why do conservatives want us to have as narrow a degree of rights

I was talking with a conservative talk show host and he was of the opinion that while the 9th Amendment does protect rights not enumerated or previously listed in our Constitution's Bill of Rights, the courts don't have the ability nor power to protect them. I had...

Where do our rights come from? Not a god

Many Christians believe in absolute truth, and usually they believe their religion is the truth. I doubt Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Shintos or a host of other religions believe that Christanity nor any other religion that is not theirs is “the truth” but believe that...

Yes to same sex marriage

Some people state that same sex marriages would threaten their right to see these marriages as illegitimate. This is not true. If one wants to disagree with sex marriages, fine. They lose this right to do so no more then those believe that there should be no right of...

V for Vendetta-we need more V's.

  I really love the movie, V for Vendetta. Not because it is necessary the greatest movie ever made but because of its' central message. Its' theme of opposition to tyranny. Braveheart expressed this same sentiment with the Scots opposing the English invading and...

Is there a 3 hour time limit on free speech in Texas?

Is there anything in the First Amendment which only guarantees a right to freedom of speech for three hours or less? See, I bring this up because in Austin, Texas, a protest at the state capital was stopped because there was a three hour time limit on free speech. It was a...

Divine Right of Kings disguised as USA Judicial Case Law

Agenda21, Moo juice and Eminent Domain, OH MY! We are off to see the wizard… The Rise of Tyranny in the constitutionally limited representative republic of the united States of America. PROLOGUE By the time you...

War on drugs threat to our rights and waste of taxdollars

The drug war is destroying our liberties and rights. It must and has to end. Take this example: "Michelle Collette of Hanover, Massachusetts, sold Percocet, a prescription painkiller. "I was planning to do it just once," she says, "but the money was so easy. And I...

"Traditional values" and creeping totalitarianism

Ron Paul states in one of his position papers:"A poor, dependent and divided population is much easier to rule than a nation of self-confident individuals who can make a living on their own and who share the traditions and values that this country was founded...

Eternal Vigilance: Sovereign Immunity - 11th Amendment Revisited

Eternal Vigilance: Sovereign Immunity - The 11th Amendment Revisited "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."-- Wendell Phillips, (1811-1884) "But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by...

How did we get into this mess? A market solution

You would have to be blind Freddie to think all is well in the world. We have the European Union on the brink of collapse, the USA about to go into a double dip recession, revolutions sweeping through the Arab world, Pakistan a nuclear power close to becoming a failed...

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