First Amendment Rights
Conservative Leaders: Congress Should Reject 'Fairness for All Act'
Under the Fairness for All Act, progressive views of sexual orientation and gender identity would be enshrined into law, removing the ability of any debate or disagreement in the public square. Though select religious institutions would get a special carve-out, ordinary Americans, including individuals, daycares, businesses, schools, and other institutions would see their First Amendment freedoms gutted.
FreedomFest is Here: The Best Conference of the Year for Conservatives and Libertarians
If you love liberty, freedom and the free market, then you won’t want to miss FreedomFest 2019, the nation’s largest conference for Conservatives and Libertarians, July 17-20 at the Paris Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sign up by July 1 and get $100 off the registration fee. Go to www.freedomfest.com, or call toll-free 1-855-850-3733, ext. 202.
Oregon Christian Bakers File Appeal Of Same-Sex “Wedding” Fine
- Aaron and Melissa Klein
- Christian Bakers
- discrimination
- First Amendment Rights
- First Liberty Institute
- freedom of expression
- homosexual lobby
- Oregon
- Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)
- Oregon Supreme Court
- penalty
- religious liberty
- Same-sex marriage
- same-sex weddings
- Slavery
- Sweet Cakes By Melissa
To force someone to do labor against their will is the very definition of slavery and that is nothing less than what the radical homosexual lobby and their secular liberal allies have been using courts across America to do.
Know Thy Enemy
- anti-masking law
- antifa
- Black Block
- Black Lives Matter
- Charlottesville
- Christopher Sheerin
- CNN
- Congressman Steven Smith
- corporations
- Democracy Alliance
- Ed Sheerin
- Eric Holder
- Ezra Levin
- First Amendment Rights
- George Soros
- GoDaddy
- Governor Terry McAuliffe
- Heather Heyer
- Indivisible Project
- Jason Kessler
- Joshua Stuart Cobin
- Judge Glen Conrad
- Leah Greenberg
- Loretta Lynch
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Occupy Wall Street
- Pepper Balls
- police stand-down
- Robert E. Lee statue
- Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC
- state-created danger
- virtue signaling
- white nationalism
The effort to develop a “foundational progressive infrastructure at the community level” is well underway, and President Trump’s conservative – populist coalition should take notice that there is a new enemy on the battlefield.
New Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Free Speech
- anti-masking law
- antifa
- Black Block
- Black Lives Matter
- Charlottesville
- Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer
- Christopher Sheerin
- CNN
- Congressman Steven Smith
- corporations
- Democracy Alliance
- Ed Sheerin
- Eric Holder
- First Amendment Rights
- George Soros
- GoDaddy
- Governor Terry McAuliffe
- Heather Heyer
- Jason Kessler
- Joshua Stuart Cobin
- Judge Glen Conrad
- Loretta Lynch
- Occupy Wall Street
- Pepper Balls
- Police Chief Al Thomas Jr.
- police stand-down
- Robert E. Lee statue
- Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC
- state-created danger
- Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy
- virtue signaling
- white nationalism
Americans understand that if organizations funded by radical leftists like George Soros – including the Southern Poverty Law Center and Antifa – are allowed to act as the arbiters of who is allowed to communicate, about what and how, it’s just a matter of time before many millions of us are gagged.
Don’t Let The Democrats Cover-Up Their Charlottesville Riot
- anti-masking law
- antifa
- Black Block
- Black Lives Matter
- Charlottesville
- Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer
- Christopher Sheerin
- CNN
- Congressman Steven Smith
- corporations
- Democracy Alliance
- Ed Sheerin
- Eric Holder
- First Amendment Rights
- George Soros
- GoDaddy
- Governor Terry McAuliffe
- Heather Heyer
- Jason Kessler
- Joshua Stuart Cobin
- Judge Glen Conrad
- Loretta Lynch
- Occupy Wall Street
- Pepper Balls
- Police Chief Al Thomas Jr.
- police stand-down
- Robert E. Lee statue
- Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC
- state-created danger
- Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy
- virtue signaling
- white nationalism
The lack of police response at the August 12 Charlottesville protest seems clearly linked to political pressure coming from leftists -- the base of the Democrat Party. Now the City of Charlottesville has announced an "independent" investigation to be run by a radical leftwing lawyer - we smell a cover-up.
Stopping The Conspiracy To Silence Conservatives
Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker recently issued an administrative subpoena to the nonprofit Competitive Enterprise Institute demanding research, op-eds, speeches, and publications about Climate Change. The First Amendment protects speech and publication, and attacks on the content of speech have long been considered among its most pernicious violations.
OUR FRIENDS AT CEI FACE A SUBPOENA OVER CLIMATE DISSENT
If the forces behind this show-us-your-papers subpoena succeed in punishing (or simply inflicting prolonged legal harassment on) a group conducting supposedly wrongful advocacy, there’s every reason to think they will come after other advocacy groups later. That includes yours.
For Folks Who Just Love Suppressing Free Speech
The Canadian government of Stephen Harper has a fascinating idea. Use hate-crime laws against groups that advocate boycotting Israel. It’s a terrible idea. But I love it; there is a perverse humor to Harper’s idea because it targets the very people who try so hard to suppress others’ views and ostracize them. It tells them to enjoy their own home cooking.
Pamela Geller: A Response to My Critics - This Is a War
Sunday in Garland, Texas, a police officer was wounded in a battle that is part of a longstanding war: the war against the freedom of speech. Some people are blaming me for the Garland shooting — so I want to address that here.
Dad Arrested for Protesting Sex Book
William Baer, whose ninth-grade daughter was assigned the book “Nineteen Minutes,” was arrested at a NH school board meeting after he protested the district’s failure to notify parents that the book contained graphic descriptions of “rough sex” between teens.
ANOTHER University Stops Students From Giving Out Constitution
Two students are suing the University of Hawaii for violating their First Amendment rights after administrator prevented them from distributing copies of the U.S. Constitution — demonstrating a frightening lack of knowledge about the very legal document they were attempting to censor.
Cruz Urges SCOTUS to Stand Up for 1st Amend. Rights
Ted Cruz has declared his support for the families who own Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties in their First Amendment challenge of an Obamacare mandate.
'Reunited' Tea Party Activists Mount Battle v. IRS
Ted Cruz told the CPAC crowd that "we need to abolish the IRS." A packed panel discussion, titled "IRS Targeting Scandal: Protecting the Voice of the People," was held. Bill Norton, head of the Tea Party Patriots, says the actions of the IRS trample on the First Amendment rights of everyone.
Will Arizona Free Its Christian Slaves?
- American Civil Liberties Union
- anti-gay bill
- Arizona
- Cathi Herrod
- Center for Arizona Policy
- Christian Emancipation Proclamation
- Christian Values
- Colorado Civil Rights Commission
- First Amendment Rights
- freedom of religion
- Gay Marriage
- Gov. Jan Brewer
- homosexual lobby
- Jack Phillips
- religious freedom
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Same Sex Marriage
- SB 1062
- social conservatives
To force someone to do labor against their will is the very definition of slavery and that is nothing less than what the radical homosexual lobby and their secular liberal allies have been using courts across America to do. Arizona's SB 1062 is needed o protect believers from this judge-imposed slavery. Sign and share the petition to urge Gov. Brewer to support the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, SB 1062.
Free Speech For Me, But Not For Thee
The left sees their silencing of the right as a matter of good versus evil.
U. of 'Bama Censors Pro-Life Students for ‘Offensive’ Poster
Administrators at the University of Alabama secretly removed an anti-abortion display because some students found it offensive — a clear violation of pro-life students’ First Amendment rights, according to a free speech group.
Spending Bill Bans IRS Targeting, Reverses Vet Pension Cuts
Negotiators reached a deal on a huge spending bill to fund the gov't for the rest of '14, agreeing to undo 2013’s cut to military retirement benefits and other GOP demands in exchange for higher spending levels. It'll include strict rules to prevent the IRS from targeting groups for exercising First Amendment rights
Phil Robertson Controversy Reveals The Left’s Kill Switch on Dissent
We think that there’s a pattern developing here – and the implementation of a “cultural kill switch” through which any opinion outside those of the secular liberal elite is automatically deleted from the supposedly free and unfiltered internet. You can fight back, and win, by joining us in supporting Phil Robertson. Click here to sign and share our petition.
Schlafly: O's Shutdown Politics
Is Obama trying to eliminate military chaplains in his war against Christianity? Incidents like these are building a climate of intimidation and discrimination against Christians in the military. Whatever happened to our First Amendment right of "free exercise" of religion and Dem's so-called culture of inclusion?