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Freedom of Speech Protects EVERYONE"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -Evelyn Beatrice Hall There is no "hate speech" exemption to the First Amendment. The Constitution defends this man's right to say what he said, however offensive it may be. Just as it defends the equally ugly things that have been said to and about him in response to his actions. It is not the local government's job to impede his Constitutional rights. That is a matter for the Supreme Court to decide how to enforce the First Amendment. If we want to change the Constitution then that's up to Congress. It is way beyond the scope of a local city government to decide which parts of the Constitution it wants to throw out because they don't like something that was said. The appropriate course of action is to boycott his business if you disagree with his actions. I'm sure the damage this man has done to his business with his careless words will ruin him anyway so that will take care of itself. But I take HUGE exemption to his Constitutional rights being squashed by the City of Hoboken. Hoboken is way overstepping their power and their actions and response to this matter. These actions are bordering on creating a police state. I hope Hoboken will instead choose to defend the Constitutional rights of ALL of their citizens even the ones who say or do things they may not agree with, however unpleasant. This man broke no laws and was acting within the bounds of his Constitutional right to free speech, the City of Hoboken has no standing to deny him those rights. The citizens can decide to boycott him but the city cannot deny him his Constitutional rights.38 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Michele Cruz
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Yale: Negotiate with your Graduate TeachersEight members of Local 33-UNITE HERE, the union for graduate teachers at Yale, are fasting to protest the university’s refusal to bargain with us. Here’s why: We voted to unionize in February. But Yale has refused to negotiate. Instead the university has engaged in months of legal delay, attempting to buy time until Donald Trump can seat new appointees to the National Labor Relations Board who will void our votes and roll back our rights. We’ve done all this for a simple reason. We want a voice and a seat at the table. Our members, like many young workers in this economy, have to deal with intense economic insecurity. We face punishing competition in a declining career track. Women experience an epidemic of sexual harassment in academia. People of color are systemically marginalized. We want change, and we’ve been told to wait for too long. Our fast and fight back will keep going until we’re heard.1,001 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Aaron Greenberg
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Threatened National MonumentsTo help preserve our national monuments for future generations and a small payback to the great people whose ancestors once called these places home.252 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Michael Feldt
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County Executive Schuh: We write to urge you to withdraw the 287g application for Anne Arundel C...County Executive Steve Schuh reiterated his eagerness to enroll Anne Arundel County into the failed 287g program this week. His move to utilize County funds to target immigrant and communities of color is a step in the wrong direction. Help us tell the County Executive to do the right thing and withdraw the application.232 of 300 SignaturesCreated by CASA de Maryland
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Demand Sanctuary City & Sanctuary County in CD-10It's time to demand that our elected officials protect the Immigrants within our community. Immigrants pay over 35 million in taxes in Stanislaus county on a yearly basis yet have no representation in local offices. American Independence was justified through the motto "no Taxation without representation" yet today that same principle still applies. We pay our fare share of taxes, it's time for our representatives to represent Immigrants once and foreall.38 of 100 SignaturesCreated by JUAN VAZQUEZ
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Surfrider Foundation: Stop Supporting Sewage WaiversBy supporting the 301h sewage waiver, Surfrider Foundation has betrayed the surfing community. Saving money is not a good reason to allow the ocean to be treated as a toilet. When every other municipality in California has given up their waiver and built infrastructure needed for secondary treatment, why should San Diego be different? Surfrider has turned their back on us, let's turn our back on them.308 of 400 SignaturesCreated by joey racano
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Demand Kennesaw State University Athletic Department Remove or Denounce Tweets and Related Media ...One of the largest public universities in Georgia should not publicly promote itself with a legislator who is not doing his job marred in controversy while peddling ideas that are not true and dangerous. Consider agreeing and signing this petition to ask President and former Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, Athletic Director Vaughn Williams, the Student Government Association, and University Relations Assistant Vice President Tammy DeMel to at least clarify that Loudermilk’s divisive political views do not reflect those of the university’s should they choose to continue to use his likeness for publicity. https://twitter.com/RepLoudermilk/status/862436879844732928 http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a55026/republican-congress-constitution https://soundcloud.com/alan-j-sanders/congressman-loudermilk-interview-march-16-2017 http://www.cbs46.com/story/35140033/residents-say-theyre-being-ignored-by-their-congressman *Correction to the text in original petition: ... audio interview suggesting that the judicial branch of the government is somehow inferior to the other TWO which is clearly not true and dangerous.60 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Robert Thompson
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Legalize Backyard Chickens in the City of ClearwaterThe City of Clearwater currently prohibits residents from having backyard chickens. Backyard chickens provide their owners with organic eggs that are more nutritious than those found in stores. Hens make less noise than birds living naturally in the wild.1,180 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Jess Mears
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Top Democrats' Presence Needed in Georgia to save OssoffTrump spoke and continues to speak, now Ryan will visit. No Top Democrat so far has come to Ga. No democratic rallies for Ossoff here yet. Apart from the large sums reported in support of him, no big wig Democrat has visited Ga to speak for Jon Ossoff.5 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Janet Carmichael
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Urge Orange County Sheriff's Dept to Stop Cooperating with ICEAs a member of the ACLU's People Power in my town I am against cooperating with ICE in our state. I am asking you to please sign my petition urging the Orange County Board of Supervisors to reconsider their position on expanding their detention protocol and completely reevaluate their policy regarding their cooperation with ICE. This is not in the best interests of our state or our communities. Please read the full article here; http://voiceofoc.org/2017/05/oc-supervisors-expand-immigration-detention-in-county-jails/57 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Connie S.
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Demand Impeachment proceedingsPresident Trump has amply demonstrated his contempt for the Constitution and the institutions of our government by abusing the power of his office.3,809 of 4,000 SignaturesCreated by Mara T. Adams
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WasteThis petition will let others at our school know about how we're wasting recyclable items.23 of 100 SignaturesCreated by A Group