Thursday, June 6, 2013

FREE Speech...The Illusion




 

Do you still think that we have free speech rights? They though so too. Too late they found out that what you say or don's say can land you in hot water. Even an innocent post on facebook can have dire consequences for your career and life. Take a look.





U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have joined together to order that nearly every college and university in the United States, public and private, establish unconstitutional speech codes that violate the First Amendment and decades of legal precedent and in direct violation of the Constitution.


UPDATE 5/17/13: FIRE President Greg Lukianoff, in The Wall Street Journal's lead op-ed space, discusses how the government has mandated a breathtakingly broad definition of sexual harassment that makes virtually every student in the United States a harasser, completely ignoring the First Amendment. Read Full Article



  In The News... In The News...In The News...

Even your prayers are subject to government review

IRS Demanded Info On Pro-Life Group’s Prayers - An IRS office in California ordered Christian Voices for Life of Fort Bend County, Texas to explain the content of prayers “as if they were engaging in highly offensive or criminal behavior,” the Thomas More Society charged. 
  

IRS targets conservatives and religious organizations

Hundreds of conservative organizations suffered undue harassment and intrusion by the IRS after applying for tax-exempt status – and now at least one tea-party leader tells WND the scandal interfered with with his group’s mission. Read more...

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said they and Samaritan’s Purse were both were targeted by the IRS. Read more...

Journalist asks tough questions and loses his job

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch - Larry Conners, the KMOV anchor who asked Barack Obama some tough questions off the air. Read more...




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