Absolutely, there is a war on free speech. To be more accurate, however, the war on free speech is really a war on the right to criticize the government.
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1st Amendment
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace! – VOTE!!!
by Ken Eyring
Tomorrow is an important day for our state and our nation. President Trump has done so much for our country, with his most recent achievement being the appointment of his 3rd conservative justice to the Supreme Court.
Listen: Senate Candidate Corky Messner on the 1st and 2nd Amendments
by Ken Eyring
Corky Messner is a breath of fresh air. Messner is an informed and personable candidate who is running to replace Shaheen for all of the right reasons. He is a smart, down to earth guy who never dodges a question. He is aware of the problems, and he has solutions to the serious issues that … Read more
Windham Grok Podcast: Windham Candidate Julius Soti For State Rep
by Ken Eyring
Windham resident Julius Soti sat down with Windham residents Ken Eyring and Tom Murray to discuss why he is running for State Rep to serve the town of Windham.
Mark Steyn on freedom of thought, political correctness, and the homosexual agenda
by Tim Condon
The very erudite and always witty Mark Steyn has a column up at National Review Online about how, when it comes to the homosexual agenda, you vill not be ahlowed to ignohr zee agenda! You vill oh-bey! Of course, some people are exempt, such as Al Sharpton, referring to “Greek homos,” or Islamic leaders urging that homosexuals be … Read more
The U.S. government joins China to target an American newspaper….
by Tim Condon
Well, well, well: President Obama, U.S. Attorney General Holder, and the Chinese communist dictatorship have teamed up to attack an American newspaper, using a little-known federal law. Coincidentally, no doubt, it’s a newspaper that doesn’t openly support any of the three (unlike, say, the Washington Post or the New York Times). Read all about it. (And … Read more
What Steve just said..
by Susan Olsen
H’T Patheos
S’Preme Court Revives Challenge To Obama Care…
…on religious grounds.
S’Preme credit first to Hot Air, whose title I have assumed as my own. And second, how about a do-over?
Liberty University had challenged the law on religious grounds courtesy of the insurance mandate itself, the HHS’ contraceptive mandate, and the retarded left-wing notion that the government can prohibit any and every exercise of religious expression the moment it steps outside the four walls of the place of worship.
SCOTUS overturned a lower courts dismissal of that case –giving it new life
Separation Of State…from Church.
Let me be clear. My towns middle school does not do all that bad a job covering the US constitution. I can say this mostly because they actually cover it for a few weeks, during an exploration of American history and the founding of the nation. But being either a victim of or party to the kinds of support materials embedded into the public education system, I still manage to find a few ringers that make me shake my head and smile.
Not too long ago I regaled you on these pages with the tale of just such a ringer on the Middle Schools ‘citizenship quiz,’ where it asked the question, where does free speech come from? The correct answer is of course, ‘our creator,’ who provided us with a set of unalienable rights that exist even in the vacuum of the necessary evil of government. But that’s not the answer they were looking for. They expect you to write ‘The 1st amendment.’ This is of course incorrect. It assumes people could not speak freely prior 1791 when the bill of rights was ratified which is why I am forever reminding my children that the US Constitution does not give rights, it protects them.
Which brings me to this newly discovered Gem. Yesterday I came across a series of poorly worded essay questions—my second sons homework–the worst of which was this; What part of Article VI of the US constitution supports the idea of separation of church and state? Explain. (Go ahead and roll your eyes or make a grunting noise, or whatever it is you do when confronted with such nonsense.)