I am a 40% disabled veteran, who loves to golf and the rules governing the Westchester County courses severely and unecessarily limit my and other disabled veterans access to these courses.

Since "Django Unchained" was released, it's been revealed that the racial slur known as the "N word" was uttered over 100 times in the movie. I understand the value of free speech and creative license when producing movies, but it's troubling that this word is used excessively. Many of us know the history of the word and understand the different facets of how the word is used, but my point of view is that this word is ultimately a negative reflection of a people.

I work with families affected by gun violence. Too many children are being killed or losing their parents to this scourge.

Robocalls are becoming a vast nuisance. Even though I have been on the "Do Not Call" list since they started, I get at least two or three, often more robocalls which tie up the phone that I pay for, interupt what I am doing and are an invasion of my privacy. These calls should include all political calls, solicitation and sales calls. The only calls that should be permitted should be from local governments for emergencies, schools for the same reason or calls that one has given written permission to be made. These calls even come in on my cell phone which costs me minutes.

It would be nice to have openly armed citizens with legal permits on the streets to counteract the illegally armed criminal crazies who are running around in our society freely killing anyone nearby simply because there aren't any cops around to stop them. If there were more law abiding armed citizens on the streets then they could stop the crazies cold and save a lot of innocent lives.

My petition affected me personally and caused me to spin out of control as a child and ended up as a problomatic and complicated child. My face book friend Lisa Smith lost her daughter Felicia Ann Smith Dec-2-2010 to "SUICIDE", because of "BULLYING"!!!!!!!!!

We are demanding that the Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses stop discriminating against Ashley Broadway, the openly lesbian spouse of Lieutenant Colonel Heather Mack, and accept her as a member. The time for discrimination is over, more and more people are accepting of the LGTB community because, who are we to question someone else's love life?

My dear friend lost a son (he was a police officer) in Topeka, Kansas. He was shot in the head and killed (as was his partner) while they were serving their city.

We struggle from city to city, state to state and watch our fellow LGBT family members, friends, co-workers and neighbors continue getting pushed to the back of the bus when it comes to our rights as promised in the Constitution and yet personal beliefs, instead of what is right, lead the conversations and actions regarding marriage equality for all Americans. We petition you now to correct too many years of second class citizenship and make all relationships between two consenting adults equal in the eyes of the law of the land. Every American’s relationship deserves the same rights and responsibilities. Every American’s relationship deserves the same treatment from the government we all elect and in the laws we all follow.

Columbus Day is a celebration of rape slavery and genocide. We need to remove Columbus day from the United States Federal Holidays.

Enact the Gun Safety Act and protect all Americans

The GCNJ NAACP demands all states that have passed and enacted " Stand Your Ground Laws " take immediate action to repeal these laws and replace them with common sense gun control legislation. In light of all the violent incidents and tragic loss of innocent life from guns lately, we must act now! This level of violence is unacceptable and it must stop.