Friend - My 12-year-old cousin Tamir Rice was tragically shot to death by Cleveland police on November 22, 2014. My family needs your help to make sure that the police officers who killed Tamir don't get away with murder. Tamir was in a local park playing with an airsoft toy gun when someone called 911. The caller said that the gun was “probably fake” and that the person was likely a juvenile, but even so, two police officers rushed to Tamir’s location. The officers jumped out of their car and shot him twice at point-blank range within 0.792 seconds of arriving -- we know this because the incident was caught on video. The officers then waited for more than four minutes to treat Tamir with first aid. Tamir died from the gunshots the next day. My family wants justice for our Tamir. We are demanding that the Cuyahoga County prosecutor file criminal charges against the officers who killed Tamir. Please click here to sign our petition. The way the police behaved was absolutely unacceptable. After shooting Tamir, Tamir's mom says that the police put his 14-year-old sister in the back of the patrol car when she tried to help her brother. The police even threatened to arrest Tamir's mom as she plead with them to help her dying son. These officers gunned down Tamir in broad daylight, then terrorized his mother and sister when they tried to help. They must be held accountable for their actions. Tamir was a bright, energetic young man who had his whole life ahead of him. He was a loving brother, grandson, nephew and cousin who loved sports and being around people. Now he will never get to live his life, simply because the police decided it was easier to assume a black child was dangerous than to protect him. The federal government recently issued a report detailing the Cleveland Police Department's chronic, disturbing use of excessive force. That won't stop until officers like the ones who killed Tamir are held accountable for their actions. We know that petitions can work in cases like this. After Trayvon Martin was killed, the police refused to arrest his confessed killer, George Zimmerman, until millions of people signed a petition on Change.org. We know we can get justice for Tamir, but we need your help. Please click here to sign our petition to bring criminal charges against the officers who killed Tamir. Thank you for standing with our family, and with children like Tamir all over America. LaTonya Goldsby Cleveland, Ohio

Stop the discrimination of others by groups that are attempting to use religion to hide behind. Religious beliefs have no place in our businesses that serve the public. Every citizen deserves to live in peace and be treated with respect and equality. Religions are established in order to help, not to hurt. Should religion begin to merge with secular institutions, all religious institutions should be subject to taxation. What segment of the population will be targeted next for the refusal of services based on religious beliefs? Interracial marriages? Race? The Disabled? How one dresses? Would anyone like to be turned away from a business because they choose to wear shorts, tank tops, a headscarf, open-toed shoes, dreadlocks, tattoos? No. This is discrimination. Practice religion in peace and do not use religion to hurt others. Take a stand for EVERY citizen, including yourself, and end this emerging trend of using religion to discriminate against others. Sign this petition and let America know that Virginians will not tolerate any law that discriminates against our fellow citizens. We are better than this.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act legalizes discrimination in the state of Indiana. Our state should never legally discriminate against any person or people based on religion, race, nationality, gender, sexual or gender orientation, age, or any other factor based on discrimination.

The outcry against Indiana's #ReligiousFreedomRestorationAct is a wake up call. #BoycottIndiana not enough. #RecallPence is not enough. Only Civil Rights for All Americans can make a difference. http://incorrigiblycorey.blogspot.com/2015/03/can-last-straw-be-first.html

Indiana has passed SB 101 a law that allows businesses & people to discriminate against ANY group of people that they believe goes against their personally held religious beliefs. While this bill was targeted against the LGBT community, the impact goes beyond that to others of different faiths. Given the fact that Hawaii is the most religiously diverse state in the nation and we pride our selves on our diversity - NO public employee should be purposely put in harms way while on official business and NONE of our taxpayer dollars should go toward supporting this discriminatory law.

We request his resignation in light of the material harm his governorship has caused Indiana: A secret, last-minute refusal to bid on likely federal monies directed at early childhood education in Indiana; the subversion of an elected state official's office by the unilateral creation of an un-elected body with overlapping authority; his passage of a law extending the right of religious conscience to for-profit businesses serving the public. (This law trumps state and local nondiscrimination laws and was lobbied for in the wake of gay marriage equality in Indiana. After a single weekend, the damage to our economy and reputation has been severe.) By signing, we recognize we are asking a partisan politician to act thanklessly for the good of his state and the ill of his base. Our chances of success are slim. We also realize, however, that the governor has provided an opportunity to number the Hoosiers standing in opposition to a platform of political self-interest. In doing this, we hope to make clear that Hoosier Hospitality is not an empty slogan; it is a true source of local pride.

The religious freedom act permits discrimination and divides us. We need tolerance to work toward a better Indiana.

We have a National Holiday for former presidents and an African American but no National recognition for a famous Native American. I am proud of the Native American Heritage and America needs to honor the achievements of at least one Native American.

Yesterday, behind closed doors, Governor Mike Pence signed a law that would effectively allow individuals and businesses in Indiana to discriminate against LGBT people and others. Opponents have called it a "license to discriminate." Tech giant Salesforce has already announced that it will pull all business from the state, and Gen Con, the largest convention in Indianapolis, has also threatened to move elsewhere in response to the new law. Additionally, thousands of Indiana residents have called on Governor Pence to repeal this hateful new law. Across the nation, states are passing legislation that guarantees the rights of LGBT individuals. Twenty-one states have anti-discrimination laws on the books. LGBT folks can marry in 30 states--and counting! As a nation, we are moving closer and closer toward equality for all, which is why it's all the more shameful that Governor Pence is taking Indiana backwards.

This same law was passed in Indiana yesterday, and already several businesses and organizations are pulling out of that state, undoubtedly costing them millions in revenue. I don't want the same to happen to Arkansas. This is a discriminatory piece of legislation that makes us look very uninviting to businesses and organizations, not to mention that it is just plain wrong

Indiana's codification of legal discrimination with the passing of The Religious Freedom Restoration Act know as the RFRA directly conflicts with the NCAA's mission and moral beliefs. The RFRA establishes Indiana as a hostile and potentially dangerous environment for student athletes, who may face discrimination based on their Race, Religious beliefs, Sex, or Sexual Identity without protection by law or civil recourse. As fans and graduates of NCAA member institutions, we the undersigned, demand that NCAA CEO Mark Emmert and its Board of Directors immediately relocate to a state that offers equal protection under the law to its citizenry and to exclude Indiana from future consideration for any NCAA sponsored events.

Just because a bunch of religious bigots can't stand the fact that gay marriage is legal in Indiana doesn't give them the right to legislate discrimination.