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Posts tagged "First Amendment"

I can hardly wait to hear it.

Don’t say that I don’t give the other side a full chance to explain themselves. Check out this press call: www.americansunitedforchange.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 Contact: Lauren Weiner, 202-470-5870 DATE: February 8, 2012                                                       Jeremy Funk, 202-470-5878   ***PRESS CALL: WED., FEBRUARY 8th @ 2:15 p.m. ET***   U.S. Reps. DeLauro, Schakowsky, Capps, Moore to React to Speaker John Boehner’s... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 8, 2012 at 12:47 pm
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ACLU drops religious liberty from 1st Amendment

Below is the response of the American Civil Liberties Union full response to Newt Gingrich’s accusation that  Meet the Press, moderator David Gregory was taking the “ACLU” position on religious exemptions for contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. I’m not going to get into the merits of the Gregory/Gingrich exchange; here I’ll only remark on... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 8, 2012 at 12:43 pm
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Another grossly political decision from the Obama administration

The Chicago Tribune reports: The Obama administration announced it would give Catholic hospitals and other religiously affiliated institutions an extra year to comply with a new rule requiring employers to provide free birth control in their health plans. But the administration held fast to the underlying rule, despite vigorous objections from Catholic bishops and other officials who... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 21, 2012 at 4:07 pm
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Illinois lied about civil union law; a lesson for other states

Anti-Catholic bigots can stop reading here because the following comes from a Catholic blog. The open-minded can continue to read. When a bill creating civil unions in Illinois was signed by Governor Pat Quinn in January, sponsors and activists for the law agreed that its provisions would not affect religious social service or adoption agencies... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 26, 2011 at 4:56 pm
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Obama's religion? Not our business.

Too much is being made of President Barack Obama’s religious beliefs. Or whether he has them. Is he Chrisitan or Muslim? Does he practice his religion? Why hasn’t he picked a church in Washinton D.C. where he is a regular congregant? What do Americans think his religion is? This has gone way overboard. It reminds... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
August 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm
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Supreme Court okays viewpoint discrimination

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Wrote horrifying decision Lost in all the bickering over the (correctly decided) Supreme Court’s snuffing of Chicago’s handgun ordinance is another (incorrectly decided) high court decision trashing other freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Those are the rights to free speech, expressive association and free exercise of religion — among the... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 5, 2010 at 9:01 pm
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Judicial smack-down

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.  -U.S. Constitution, First Amendment I guess that U.S. District Judge... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 18, 2010 at 7:58 pm
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Stevenson High School Baloney

There have been a lot of remarks about “censorship” of the newspaper published by Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. Much of the argumentation supporting the students, who claim to have been censored by the school administration, refers to a U.S. Supreme Court case called Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. Oddly, both sides cite the case... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
December 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm
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Another stupid Illinois tax

In an effort to mine every source of revenue, the desperate and financially collapsing state of is comes up with some real doozies. This one, to take effect on Jan. 1, imposes a big jump in the fee imposed on non-profit organizations for registering with the state.  For the American Civil Liberties Union, the cost jumps... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
December 13, 2009 at 11:52 am
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