I believe all people should have equality in this country; countless lives have been lost and we have all worked too hard to protect our citizens to allow such discrimination.

In early April, Paypal decided not to move into Mississippi because of their new bill. New York has been stoping business with them. If this keeps up then more and more companies will follow and lose interest in dealing business with North Carolina. MLK fought for equality for everyone, but in today world we have anything that. We need to stand together and fight this bill, to the Supreme Court if needed. As Americans, it is our duty to stand up for what is right, and this is far from right. When women fought for the right to vote, many (conservatives) people did not think that women should have same rights as men, but never the less they fought and won. When MLK wanted equality for African Americans he fought, and won. All America has known is fighting; fighting for freedom, fighting for equality, fighting to save others from a worldwide treat. We have fought for so many years now, but now we need to fight again. I know the world's not perfect and will always have some problems but we become part of that problem when we do nothing to fix it. I ask you, America, please, don't become part of this problem. Help change this nation for the better and sign to remove House Bill H2.

More than 400 pro-democracy protesters staging a sit-in against the influence of big money in politics and congressional inaction to reverse it, as well as against the erosion of federal protection of voting rights, were arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol April 11, the first day of a week-long series of demonstrations. [1] Pro-democracy protesters are highlighting support for five pro-democracy bills: the Government by the People Act [2], the Fair Elections Now Act [3], the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 [4], the Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 [5], and the Democracy for All Amendment [6]. Urge Congress to support the #DemocracySpring pro-democracy bills by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/11/politics/democracy-spring-arrests-protests-washington/; http://www.nbcnews.com/video/-democracy-spring-stages-capitol-hill-protest-663564355890; http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/11/473874785/hundreds-protest-gerrymandering-campaign-finance-laws-on-capitols-steps; http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/11/us/politics/ap-us-capitol-protests.html 2. http://www.demos.org/publication/government-people-act 3. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s1538/summary 4. http://vrafortoday.org/current-legislation/ 5. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr12/summary 6. http://freespeechforpeople.org/the-amendment/democracy-for-all-amendment/

I am starting this petition to warn Justin Bieber about how Rep. Walker is using Bieber's coming presence to try to cloak the North Carolina anti-Trans law in a semblance of legitimacy.

Stand with OBXPridefest against the discrimination of LGBT North Carolinians and visitors. We ask Governor McCrory and the NC General Assembly to immediately repeal HB2.

Wisconsin was a landslide victory for Bernie Sanders and our superdelegates need to listen to their constituents.

Update 4/12/16: Last night the Maryland legislature passed the Freedom to Vote Act, and it goes on to the Governor to sign. Note that this is only a partial victory: the legislation was watered down a lot so it no longer includes automatic voter registration. It does, however, make it easier to register to vote in Maryland for college students and others accessing state services- so this is a partial victory. The legislature has adjourned for 2016, so we can try again next year for full automatic voter registration. - The Maryland Senate is considering a new bill (HB1007), the Freedom to Vote Act. It has passed the House and may come up for a floor vote in the Senate today (Monday) before they adjourn for the year. This bill would automatically register Maryland citizens to vote when they get or update a driver's license. It would also require Maryland’s public colleges and universities to allow students to register to vote through the online portals they use to sign up for classes. Automatic voter registration has been a success in Oregon and was recently passed in California. It's time for Maryland to make it easier, not harder for eligible citizens to register to vote. References: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/it-could-get-much-easier-to-register-to-vote-in-maryland/2016/03/03/46351bf4-e14c-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/automatic-voter-registration-oregon-huge-success

I encourage everyone to pee on the South.

Corporations should not allow foreign entities to dictate morally and legally wrong discriminatory regulations targeting a specific group of people. This "regulation" prohibits only Cuban-born Cuban Americans from traveling via cruise ship to Cuba.

Voter disenfranchisement strikes at the very heart of our democracy. Ever since the Voting Rights act was struck down, Republicans have been passing laws to suppress mainly Democratic votes. A sister from Ohio, and all of us, are personally affected by this.

As an openly gay man I am disappointed about the passage of HB 2 in North Carolina, which prevents local municipalities from passing nondiscrimination ordinances that go beyond what is written in state law and also requires that transgender people use the restroom that corresponds with the sex listed on their birth certificate. I am also concerted about Mississippi's governor signing HB 1523 into law, which would make it legal for any public business to cite religious beliefs in refusing service to LGBT people. Discrimination of any kind has no place in our country and so I am asking Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto to join the Mayors Against Discrimination from 9 other major cities across the US, including the mayor of Philadelphia, by refusing to use taxpayer dollars either for travel to North Carolina and Mississippi or in the purchase of any products from these two states.

There are many many voters in NY state who would like to vote in the heavily contested Democratic primary, especially independents, but the deadline for changing registration was over 6 months ago - long before the presidential campaign was in full swing, and they are being disenfranchised through no fault of their own. As long as a voter is legitimately registered in NY, he or she should be allowed to vote in the primary of their choice - or at least be given a chance to think about it before settling on a party preference. The primary should either be changed from closed to open, or voters should be allowed same-day registration.