Constitutional rights to freedom of religion may be at risk of dilution unless we carefully draw up laws or amendments intended to extend rights to individuals and groups. Both can be accommodated in regard to gay marriage much the same as objections to abortion are granted to individuals and churches. Providers of products and services must not have to choose between their jobs and consciences.

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On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at about 9:50 p.m. on the access of Potranco and Hwy 151 in San Antonio, Texas, my brother, Abraham Valadez, was side-swiped by a black SUV while on his motorcycle. The motorist of the SUV stopped to see what they did and then sped off. The Fox News reporter (unknown) on the scene fabricated a story by reporting that my brother was joyriding. This is completely false. His main form of transportation is a motorcycle. The reporter never mentioned that there was a black SUV that changed lanes without signaling and by doing so hit my brother on his bike causing him to fly and tumble 3-4 times. He hit the curb on the island and as a result a part of the handlebar of his bike caught his hand and almost severed it. Does Fox have a habit of fabricating stories on the suffering of others? This is the response from the Asst. News Director of KABB-TV in San Antonio, TX, James Keith: Please accept our apologies for the poor reporting and for the unfortunate incident. We will address this with the employees who wrote the story. It's never our intention to report false information. Again, my apologies. Thanks for letting us know! James Keith Assistant News Director, KABB-TV (210) 442-6301 [email protected] Although it is never the "intention to report false information" from any news source, it is unfortunate that this happened and it would only be right to correct the error in an updated news story.

The States and Federal Governments give hundreds of rights and benefits to those Americans who are married; single Americans deserve all the same equal rights and benefits. The Governments are discriminating against those Americans who are not married; single Americans pay taxes to the governments and do not receive equality and all the benefits; give equal access to all rights and benefits under the laws to all citizens or deny those who are married any special rights and benefits.

My petition is in support of St. Charles Health System only using restraint on mentally ill patients as required in OAR 309-112-0000. There are Oregon Rules that St. Charles Health System has violated by restraining mentally patients in non emergency situations!

Scott Davis was convicted of a "crime" which never even happened, in a series of Constitutional violations perpetrated at the behest of, and by, Attorney General Tom Corbett. The President DOES have the power to act on behalf of Scott Davis, as requested - and time is of the essence. Scott Davis is innocent, and should be exonerated and pardoned and compensated for damages by Executive orders of President Obama. This would benefit hundreds of individuals adversely affected by Corbett's hoax, and would be good for America.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Freedom_for_Leonard_Peltier_Grant_Clemency_Now/?tta

Since North Carolina voters decided to outlaw gay and straight domestic partnerships, plus gay marriages, let's petition the Democratic National Committee to move their Convention out of North Carolina and into some state that does have legal same sex marriage.

Community organizations across the State of California who serve people with disabilities are going to lose millions of dollars that they have been promised from the Department of Developmental Services. We need your voice to help us tell them NO! Enough broken promises, we need you to be held accountable to what you say.

If a parent must register as a sex offender (regardless of offense....even a misdemeanor that happened 20 years ago) they can't be in public parks within Orange County with their child. This violates both the parent and child's rights! A parent is the front line protection for their child. Take that basic right away then we all can loose our other rights quite easily!

We all know it is wrong to harass people at work about sex, religion, and race, so why is it ok to allow political harassment? Hate radio shock jocks all try to get their opponents angry, and stirred up, and while they have a right to say whatever they want, you have an equal right not to be distacted or offended in the workplace in fact in some workplaces this can actually be very dangerous. Hate talk radio in the workplace should be banned.

Like the great state of North Carolina, we are selecting a segment of the populace and urging our elected representatives to arbitrarily ban their ability to be legally recognized as a family. Sign here if this outrages you, you want to prevent bigots from reproducing, or you believe that people should mind their own business and stop using government to legislate morality.