To get Congress to make it illegal for states to discriminate against same sex couples. To redefine the definition of marriage to be a union between two consenting adults.

My name is Angela Copeland. My husband, Michael David Copeland, passed away in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, June 9, 2012, while he was working as an aircraft mechanic for a private military contractor at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. We do not have details surrounding his death; neither the company he worked for, DynCorp, nor the U.S. State Department has been forthcoming with information. Weeks have now passed since he died and his body is still not home. We've spoken with officials from the U.S. State Department. And we've spoken with Congress, but we still haven't seen results. Each agency wants to defer blame on to someone else as to why he hasn’t been brought back to the United States. Can anyone tell me why an American citizen, a decorated Marine and National Guardsman, is being treated like this and why they won’t just bring him home? Michael David was a much loved husband, son, brother, grandson, uncle, step-father, cousin, and friend to so many. He doesn't deserve this. My husband was a Texas resident for quite some time and his company was located in Texas, as well as numerous friends and family. I need your help to get to word out in Texas and across the country, and to put pressure on Texas legislators and the U.S. State Department to get Michael David home!

it is time the American people to stand up to these people like rick scott in florida and stop this purging of voters from voting . The way to this is to make him prove that the ones that is purged is illegal . If they are then do it if not then make him stop.

Eric Holder is on record saying he would stop DEA raids on medical marijuana dispensaries and has not delivered on this promise. His raids target people in compliance with state law. Tell Eric Holder to stop using the DEA to conduct unjust raids inconsistent with the laws of the states in which they occur.

Reactionary talk show host Bryan Fischer enjoys tax free status while spewing hate and vitriol into the American airwaves and pulling the Republican party further to the right. The continuation of this infringes upon the rights of all Americans who are not a member of the white anglo saxon protestant community.

In 2009, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a landmark piece of civil rights legislation, the NC Racial Justice Act (RJA). The RJA allows people facing capital prosecution and execution to introduce evidence of racial bias, including statistical evidence, if it exists in their case. The Racial Justice Act implements the fundamental principles that nondiscrimination is the standard in North Carolina and that equal treatment under the law should be extended to every individual regardless of race. On April 20, 2012 Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks ruled in the first case to be heard under the RJA, finding intentional bias in the case of Marcus Robinson, both in the county and judicial division where he was tried, and across the state. As required by the RJA, Robinson was re-sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Since 2010, the new majority in the NC General Assembly has been trying to repeal the RJA. They passed a bill that did repeal it, the Governor vetoed that bill, and they were unable to muster the votes to override her veto. Early in June, 2012, House members introduced another bill that guts the RJA, despite the clear evidence of racial bias cited in Judge Weeks’ order, and it passed with a veto-proof majority. It now heads to the NC Senate for a vote. Regardless of ones views on the death penalty, we should all agree that racial discrimination has no place in our criminal justice system. This petition urges North Carolina policy makers to defend this necessary civil rights legislation against all efforts to undermine, weaken or repeal its strength.

Free speech is a fundamental right enshrined in the First Amendment of the US Constitution. On June 13th during a debate of House Bill 5711on the floor of the Michigan House, Representatives Lisa Brown and Barbara Byrum used the words vagina and vasectomy in their eloquent and courageous speeches. Apparently, these medically-correct terms are shocking to the Republicans who control all three branches of the Michigan government. As a result, Speaker of the House Jase Bolger along with Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas have stripped these eminent legislators of their first amendment rights to free speech. No reason for their censure was given other than decorum must be maintained. No length of time for this punishment was provided. We demand that the censorship of Representatives Lisa Brown and Barbara Byrum be lifted immediately and that Speaker of the House Jase Bolger and Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas issue a public apology to these outstanding and courageous women.

Block all racist political tactics cited and implemented by Republican Party.

I live ina city that is the Capital of the United States where I have lived sor the last forty years, paid taxes, voted and taught at a local University (George washington U.). My one highly qualified representative in Gongress does not have a right to vote on major legislation (her vote was taken away recently, adding insult to injury!) Thjis is a scandal in our democracy. yet Congress has stedfastly refused to put the issue on the agenda. Thiuss must stop

New York City police are violating the U.S. constitution about 800,000 times a year. They have a policy which allows them to pat down innocent minority youths for " looking suspicious". Last I checked, the constitution said that you had the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

New York City police are violating the U.S. constitution about 800,000 times a year. They have a policy which allows them to pat down innocent minority youths for " looking suspicious". Last I checked, the constitution said that you had the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

This is a pledge of allegiance to be signed by people of all race, creed, color and orientation. The pledge is addressed to Republicans and demands: One nation bound by Law Indivisible, with Religious Freedom, Equality and Justice for all.